Aboriginals, references to.
Admiralty's treatment of Flinders.
Aken, John. Sails in Cumberland. At Ile-de-France. Departure of.
Albatross Island.
Allen, John, miner, joins Investigator.
Althorp Isles.
Amiens, treaty of.
Arnhem Bay.
Arthur's Seat, Port Phillip.
Australasia, name of.
Australia, discovery of. Name of. Geography of, before Flinders. Theories concerning. French expedition to. South Coast discovery. Influence of Flinders on discovery. Circumnavigation of.
"Australians," Flinders' use of word.
Babel Isles.
Backstairs Passage.
Banks, Cape.
Banks' Group.
Banks, Sir Joseph, promotes breadfruit expedition. His friendship for Flinders. His interest in Australian development. Dedication of Flinders' Observations to. His letters concerning Mrs. Flinders' proposed voyage on Investigator. Disapproves of Flinders' conduct towards Decaen. His dislike to word Australia.
Barmouth Creek.
Barois, Colonel.
Barometer, marine, Flinders' paper on use of.
Barrow, Sir John, his article on Flinders' case.
Bass, Elizabeth, her marriage to George Bass. Letters from her husband.
Bass, George, family of. Medical training of. Sails in Reliance. Character of. Friendship with Flinders. Discovery of Bass Strait. Exploration of Blue Mountains. Discovery of coal. Plans discovery voyage. Whaleboat crew. Discovery of Twofold Bay. Discovery of Wilson's Promontory. Adventure with escaped convicts. Discovery of Western Port. French admiration for. Report on Derwent. Fate of. Indifference to fame. Marriage of. Purchase of Venus. Voyage to Tahiti. New Zealand fishing project. South American projects. Reports concerning his end. Letters to his mother. Flinders' last letter to. See also Flinders.
Bass Strait, discovery of. Governor Hunter on. Naming of. Importance of discovery. Flinders' chart of.
Baudin des Ardennes, Lieutenant Charles, wounded, and visited by Flinders.
Baudin, Captain Nicolas, his expedition to Australia. Instructions to. His career. Reaches Ile-de-France. Sails for Southern Tasmania. At Waterhouse Island. In Encounter Bay. At Kangaroo Island. At Port Jackson. Rumours of intended French settlement. Letter to Governor King. Report on Port Jackson. His account of the Encounter Bay meeting.
Bauer, Cape.
Bauer, Ferdinand, botanical draftsman, joins Investigator.
Baye du Cap.
Beautemps-Beaupre.
Bell, Point.
Bellerophon, H.M.S. Flinders appointed to. Battle off Brest.
Bennelong Point.
Bergeret, Captain.
Blaxland, Gregory, his exploration of Blue Mountains.
Bligh, Captain William, voyage under Captain Cook. Command of the Bounty. Mutiny of the Bounty. Character of. Second breadfruit expedition. Expedition reaches Tahiti, Voyage from Pacific to West Indies. Introduces Flinders to Duke of Clarence. Asks for dedication of Flinders' book.
Blue Mountains, exploration of.
Blue Mud Bay.
Bolger, Commandant.
Bongaree, aboriginal, accompanies Flinders on Queensland voyage. On Investigator.
Boston, Point.
Botany Bay.
Bougainville.
Boullanger, hydrographer on Le Geographe.
Bounty, H.M.S., voyage to Tahiti. Mutiny of.
Bowling Green, Cape.
Breadfruit.
Bridgewater. Behaviour at Wreck Reef. Wreck of.
Bridgewater, Cape.
Brisbane River.
Brouwer, Henrick, his new route to Java.
Brown, Point.
Brown, Robert, botanist. Joins Investigator. His Prodromus.
Burney, Captain, and name Australia.
Cape of Good Hope, Flinders at. Importance of to Australia. Voyage of Reliance to from Sydney.
Carpentaria, Gulf of.
Catastrophe, Cape.
Cato. Wreck of.
Cattle Point.
Chappell, Ann, see Flinders, Mrs. Ann.
Chappell Isles.
Chappell, Mount.
Clarence River.
Clarke's Island.
Coal, discovery of in New South Wales.
Coalcliff.
Coffin's Bay.
Compass, variations of, Flinders' experiments.
Convicts. Escaped. Isaac Nichols. Irish, Peron on. On Investigator.
Cook, Captain James, his voyage. His belief in a strait between New Holland and Van Diemen's land. Pension to his widow.
Coral reefs, Flinders on.
Crossley, J.
Cumberland, schooner, voyage to Ile-de-France. At Kupang. Arrival at Ile-de-France. Enters Port Louis. End of.
Dalrymple, Alexander, naval hydrographer. His use of word Australia.
Dalrymple, Port.
Dampier, William.
Dance, Commodore Nathaniel.
D'Arifat, Madame.
Darwin, on coral reefs.
Decaen, General Charles. Career of. Napoleon's opinion of. Sent to India. Arrival at Pondicherry. Sails for Ile-de-France. Arrival at Port Louis. Character of. Examination of Flinders. Interrogates Flinders. Invites Flinders to dinner. Flinders' refusal. Accuses Flinders of impertinence. His intentions. Report to French Government. Motives for detaining Flinders. Anger against Flinders. Despatch arrives in France. Flinders' opinion of. Receives order for Flinders' release. Refuses to liberate Flinders. His reasons. Release of Flinders.
Decres, French Minister of Marine.
Dentrecasteaux.
Derwent, estuary of the.
Dirk Hartog Island.
Donington, birthplace of Flinders. Flinders' monument at. Free school. The Flinders' house.
Donington, Cape.
Dunienville, Major.
Dutch navigators, discoveries in Australia.
East India Company, its interest in Australia. Interest in Investigator voyage.
Elder, John, Flinders' servant. Sails in Cumberland. At Ile-de-France.
Encounter Bay. Flinders and Baudin in.
Everard, Cape.
Fitzroy, Sir Charles.
Fleurieu, Comte de, prepares instructions for French discovery voyages.
Flinders, John, naval career.
Flinders, Matthew, surgeon, father of the navigator. Marriage into Franklin family. Death of.
Flinders, Matthew, genealogy. School days. Study of Robinson Crusoe. Anecdotes of childhood. Desire to go to sea. Advice of Uncle. Study of navigation. Introduction to Admiral Pasley. Anecdote of visit to Pasley. On the Scipio. On the Bellerophon. On the Dictator. Midshipman on Providence. Description of Teneriffe. Description of Dutch at the Cape. In Torres Strait. Return to Europe. Aide-de-camp on Bellerophon. First experience of war. Anecdote of battle. His journal of the engagement. Estimate of French seamen. Appointed to Reliance. Careful record of observations. Arrival at Port Jackson. Friendship with Bass. Exploration of George's River. Voyages in Tom Thumb. Adventure with aboriginals. Voyage on Francis. Discovery of Kent Group. Biological notes. On the sooty petrel. Description of wombat. Voyage to Norfolk Island. Exploration projects. Voyage of Norfolk. Character as an author. Discovery of Bass Strait. Circumnavigation of Tasmania. Description of Tasmanian mountains. Banks' friendship for. On Queensland coast. Adventures with Queensland aboriginals. Return to England. Marriage of. His Observations. Naming of Mount Chappell. Letters to his wife. Suggests new discovery voyage. Instructions for voyage. Passport from French Government. Correspondence concerning Mrs. Flinders' proposed voyage in Investigator. Reports sandbank at the Roar. Management of crew. On Australian coast. Method of research. Coastal names given by. On the character of John Thistle. Exploration of Spencer's Gulf. Discovery of Kangaroo Island. Discovery of St. Vincent's Gulf. In Encounter Bay. In Port Phillip. At King Island. Description of Port Phillip entrance. Influence on Australian discovery. Departure from Port Phillip. Arrival at Port Jackson. On Francois Peron. Circumnavigation of Australia. On coral reefs. Forced to return to Port Jackson. Death of father. Last letter to Bass. Sails in Porpoise. Observations on Sydney. Wrecked on Porpoise. Sails for Port Jackson in Hope. Arrives at Port Jackson. Arrival at Wreck Reef. Arrival at Kupang. Decides to sail for Ile-de-France. Sights Ile-de-France. Appears before Decaen. Seizure of his papers. Detained. Interrogated by Decaen. Invited to dinner by Decaen. His refusal. Accused of impertinence. Carries despatches for Governor King. Letters to Decaen. Obtains books and papers. Prolongation of captivity. Occupations in Garden Prison. Opinion of Decaen. Solicits examination by French officers. Refuses to surrender his sword. Removal to Wilhelm's Plains. Life at Wilhelm's Plains. Works on his Voyage. Paper on marine barometer. Treatment by Admiralty. Release ordered. Decaen refuses release. Knowledge of weakness of Ile-de-France. Allegations as to taking soundings. Possibilities of escape. Released. Arrival in England. Receipt for books, papers, etc. Interest in French prisoners of war. Honoured in London. Evidence before House of Commons Committee. Works at his Voyage and charts. Illness of. Death of. Place of burial. Characteristics. Visit to wounded French officer. Advice to young officers. As a navigator. Naming of Australia.
Flinders, Mrs. Ann, marriage to Matthew Flinders. Flinders' letters to. Proposed voyage in Investigator. On Admiralty's treatment of Flinders. Meets Flinders on his return. Pension voted by Australian colonies.
Flinders, S.W., joins Investigator. On Wreck Reef.
Flinders' bar, invention of.
Flinders' Entrance.
Flinders family. Connection with Tennysons.
Flinders' Island.
Foigny, Gabriel de, his La Terre Australe connue.
Forfait, French Marine Minister, instructions to Baudin.
Fowler, Robert, joins Investigator. On Rolla.
Fowler's Bay.
Francis, schooner, voyage of. Sails with Cumberland.
Franklin, Sir John, connection with Flinders' family. On the Polyphemus. Influenced by Flinders. Joins Investigator. At wreck of Porpoise. On Rolla. On Flinders' return to England.
Franklin's Isles.
French Island.
French Revolution.
Freycinet, Lieutenant Louis de, at Sydney. On military situation at Port Jackson. His hydrographical work. Charge of plagiarism against. Publication of his charts.
Furneaux, commander of Adventure.
Furneaux Land.
Gambier Isles.
Gambier, Mount.
Garden Prison, see Maison Despeaux.
Geographe, Le.
George's River, exploration of.
Glasshouse Bay.
Glasshouse Mountains.
Good, Peter, gardener, joins Investigator.
Grant, Captain, in command of Lady Nelson. Governor King on. Sails for Australia.
Harrington, brig, and the American contraband trade.
Hartog, Dirk, his metal plate.
Hawkesbury River, the.
Heemskirk, Mount.
Hervey Bay.
Hicks, Point.
Hindmarsh, Sir John, his naval career.
Hohenlinden, battle of.
Hope, cutter.
Howe, Lord, battle off Brest.
Hunter, Captain John, appointed Governor of New South Wales. Interest in Australian colonisation. Discourteous treatment of by Portuguese Viceroy. Encourages Bass and Flinders. On Bass Strait.
Ile-de-France. Flinders at. Interior of. Military situation of. Regulations concerning visiting ships. Blockade of. Captured by British.
Investigator. Reasons for expedition. Formerly the Xenophon. Refitting of. Leakiness. Selection of crew. Sailing delayed. Sailing of. On South Coast. In Encounter Bay. In Port Phillip. Arrival at Port Jackson. Circumnavigation of Australia. Decrepit condition of. Taken to England. End of.
Investigator Strait.
Jervis Bay.
Julia Percy Island.
Jussieu, French botanist, recommends Baudin to command discovery voyage.
Kangaroo Island, discovery of. Wild life on. Baudin at.
Kent, Lieutenant William.
Kent's Group.
Keppel Bay.
King, Governor, P.G. and Bass's South American project. His hospitality to French expedition. Receives news of Porpoise wreck. Entrusts despatches to Flinders. Protest against Flinders' imprisonment.
King George's Sound.
King Island. Discovery of. French at.
Kupang.
Lacepede.
Lacy, midshipman.
Lady Nelson.
Laperouse.
Launceston.
Lawson, Lieutenant. his share in crossing Blue Mountains.
Leeuwin, Cape.
Linois, Rear-Admiral.
Little Bay.
Liverpool, Lord.
Lofty, Mount.
Louis XVI, his interest in discovery voyages.
Louth Bay.
Louth Isle.
Lucky Bay.
Macquarie, Fort.
Macquarie, Governor, his use of word Australia.
Maison Despeaux (Garden Prison).
Malaspina, Admiral.
Malte-Brun. Championship of Flinders.
Maria Island.
Marsden, Reverend Samuel.
Martin's Isles.
Mauritius, see Ile-de-France.
Melville Bay.
Memory Cove.
Monistrol, Colonel.
Moreau, General.
Moreton Bay.
Mornington.
Mornington Island.
Murray, Lieutenant John, discovers Port Phillip. Accompanies Flinders.
Mutton birds.
Napoleon, authorises French discovery voyage. His opinion of General Decaen. Sends Decaen to India. Hears of the Flinders case. Orders release of Flinders. His comment on oaths of allegiance.
Naturaliste, Le.
Navy, the British, promotion in. Entrance to.
Nelson.
Nelson, Cape.
Nepean, Evan, Secretary of the Admiralty.
Nepean Peninsula.
Nichols, Isaac, case of.
Norfolk, sloop. Flinders' description of. Importance of voyage. Voyage to Queensland coast.
Northumberland, Cape.
Nuyts, Pieter.
Observations on the Coast of Van Diemen's Land, publication of.
Otto, L.G.
Otway, Cape.
Palmer, Captain of Bridgewater.
Pandora's Entrance.
Papuans, fight with in Torres Strait.
Park, Mungo, and the Investigator.
Parramatta.
Partney Isle.
Pasley, Admiral Sir Thomas, Flinders' introduction to. His interest in Flinders' career. Command of Bellerophon. Wounded in battle off Brest. Character of.
Pasley, Cape, naming of.
Paterson, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Peel, Sir Robert.
Pellew, Rear-Admiral, his interest in Flinders' case.
Pellew Group.
Pelsart, Francis, on the Australian Coast.
Percy Isles.
Peron, Francois, at Sydney. His report on British settlement. Plays the spy on British designs. Flinders on. Scientific work of. Effect of his report on Decaen. Malte-Brun on. Death of.
Petrie, Professor W.M. Flinders, grandson of Matthew Flinders.
Phillip Island.
Pinkerton, Modern Geography.
Pitot, Thomas.
Pitt, Mount.
Plagiarism, allegation against the French. Freycinet on.
Pondicherry.
Porpoise, Flinders sails in. Wreck of.
Port Bowen.
Port Curtis.
Port Hacking.
Port Jackson, see Sydney.
Port Lincoln. Discovery and survey of.
Port Louis.
Port Phillip. Flinders in. Discovery of. Attempted settlement of.
Portland Bay.
Portlock, Lieutenant N., Commander of Assistant.
Portsea.
Preservation Island.
Providence, H.M.S.
Providential Cove, see Wattamolla.
Quarterly Review, article on Flinders' case.
Queensland coasts. Flinders' voyages on.
Quiros, voyage of.
Red Point.
Reliance, H.M.S.
Revesby Isle.
Robbins, Acting-Lieutenant.
Robinson Crusoe, influence of on Flinders.
Rowley, Commodore.
St. Alouarn.
St. Vincent's Gulf. Discovery of.
Schanck, Cape.
Schanck, Captain John, designs Lady Nelson.
Seal-fisheries.
Shaw and Smith, their use of the word Australia.
Shinglar, Reverend John, schoolmaster of Flinders.
Ships not elsewhere indexed: Adventure. Advice, brig. Agincourt. Albion. Alert. Aquilon. Assistant. Audacious. Barwell. Batavia. Bedford. Belier, brig. Belle Poule, La. Berceau, Le. Blenheim. Blonde, La. Brunswick. Buffalo. Caesar. Cape Chatham. Captivity. See also Bellerophon. Casuarina. Cerberus. Circe, frigate. Cygnet. Defence. Dictator. Duyfhen [Duyfken], yacht. Eendragt. Eliza, sloop. Elligood. Endeavour. Eole. Esperance. Ganges. Glatton. Glory. Greyhound, frigate. Harbinger, brig. Harriet, cartel. Heemskirk. Heir Apparent. Hercules. Hunter. Java. Latona. Leviathan. Lowestoft, frigate. Marengo, French frigate. Marlborough. Matilda, whaler. Minerva, frigate. Nautilus. Niger. Olympia. Orient, L'. Orion. Otter. Pandora. Phaeton. Phoenix. Piemontaise, La, privateer. Polyphemus. Pompey. Queen. Queen Charlotte. Recherche. Resolution. Resource. Revolutionnaire. Rolla. Royal Sovereign. Russell. Scipio. Seahorse. Semillante, La. Serpente, Le. See Le Geographe. Sirius. Southampton. Supply, tender. Temiraire. Terpsichore. Terrible. Theseus. Thetis. Thunderer. Trajan. Tremendous. Vengeur. Vesuve, Le. See Le Naturaliste. Vianen. Warren Hastings. Warrior. Xenophon. See Investigator. Zealand. Zeehan.
Shoalhaven.
Sibsey Isle.
Sleaford Bay.
Smith, Samuel, journal of.
Spanish-American colonies. Contraband trade with. Alleged British designs on.
Spencer, Earl, First Lord of the Admiralty, supports Flinders' exploration project. Grants passport to French discovery voyage. Visited by Flinders.
Spencer's Gulf. Exploration of.
Spilsby Isle.
Stamford Hill.
Station Peak.
Stickney Isle.
Streaky Bay.
Surfleet Point.
Swan Harbour.
Swans, black.
Sydney, growth of. Arrival of Investigator at, Baudin's expedition at. Peron's report on. Military forces at. Flinders' observations on.
Sydney Cove, wreck of.
Tahiti. Bass's voyages to.
Tamar, discovery of.
Tasman, voyage of.
Tasmania, circumnavigation of.
Taylor's Isle.
Teneriffe, Flinders' description of.
Tennysons, connection with Flinders' family.
Termination Island.
Terra Australis.
Thistle, John, drowning of. Character.
Thistle Island.
Tides, theory of, Flinders' writings on.
Tom Thumb, measurements of. Second boat of same name.
Torres, voyage of.
Torres Strait.
Trafalgar, battle of.
Transportation system, Peron on.
Twofold Bay, discovery of. Adventure with aboriginal in.
Vancouver, voyage of. His discoveries on Australian coast.
Van Diemen, Cape.
Venus, brig, Bass's purchase of. Voyages to Tahiti. Voyages to South America. Seizure of.
Venus Bay.
Vlaming, his metal plate.
Waterhouse, Captain Henry.
Waterhouse, Elizabeth, see Bass, Elizabeth.
Waterhouse Island.
Wattamolla (Watta-Mowlee).
Wellesley, the Marquess, Governor-General of India. His interest in Flinders' case.
Wellesley Isles.
Wentworth, W.C., his share in crossing Blue Mountains.
Westall, Point.
Westall, William, artist, joins Investigator.
Westernport, discovery of. Le Naturaliste in.
Whaleboat, Bass', measurements of.
Wilhelm's Plains, Flinders' residence at.
William IV inspects Flinders' charts. On proposed pension to Mrs. Flinders.
Williams, mate of Bridgewater.
Williamson, acting commissary.
Wilson's Promontory.
Winceby Isle.
Wombat, Flinders' description of.
Wool-growing.
Wreck Reef.
Yorke's Peninsula.
You-yang Range.
Zeehan, Mount.
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