FlindersIsland image name Flinders island.jpg image caption Furneaux Group from space, April 1993 ... of FlindersIsland country largest city Whitemark, Tasmania Whitemark country largest city population population 170 population 897 population as of 2005 density km2 0.673 ethnic groups FlindersIsland ... Prehistory FlindersIsland was first colonised at least 35,000 years ago, when people made their way ... Cook named the islands, Furneaux s Islands, after Tobias Furneaux. Flinders named the largest island in the group Great Island . He also named a group of mountains on FlindersIsland, the Three Patriarchs . The small island just to the east, Flinders named Babel Island from the noises made by the seabirds there. Phillip Parker King later named the largest islandFlindersIsland, after Matthew ... Flinders midshipman on the Investigator and an island in the Flinders Group north of Cooktown, Queensland was named after Matthew Flinders. Settlement In the late 18th century, the island was frequented ... Island s eastern shore. The Municipality of FlindersIsland was instituted in 1903. ref name fof http www.focusonflinders.com.au about.htm Focus on Flinders website ref Geography and Nature The island forms part of the state of Tasmania, and part of the Municipality of FlindersIsland Local Government Areas of Tasmania local government area . FlindersIsland is only one of the many islands included in the Municipal area. Of these islands FlindersIsland is the only island with more than one permanent ... of feral turkeys Meleagris gallopavo . Central FlindersIsland Important Bird Area File Forty spotted Pardalote.jpg thumb right 250px FlindersIsland is an important site for the Forty spotted ... title IBA Central FlindersIsland accessdate 2011 06 14 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref Eastern FlindersIsland Important Bird Area A 187 km sup 2 sup strip of land extending the full 70 km length of FlindersIsland s eastern coastline has also been identified ... more details
FlindersIsland may refer to In Australia FlindersIsland Tasmania , in the Furneaux Group , is the largest and best known FlindersIsland Queensland FlindersIsland South Australia , in the Investigator Group FlindersIsland Western Australia Flinders Islet is one of the Five Islands Nature Reserve Five Islands near Port Kembla. geodis ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Australian place type island name FlindersIsland state qld image caption postcode pop pop footnotes est elevation coordinates coord 14 10 48 S 144 15 36 E display title,inline pushpin label position right latd 14 latm 10 lats 48 longd 144 longm 15 longs 36 maxtemp mintemp rainfall lga Cook Shire Council stategov Electoral district of Cook Cook fedgov Division of Leichhardt Leichardt dist1 dir1 location1 timezone utc timezone dst utc dst FlindersIsland is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville , Queensland in Bathurst Bay . It is north of Denham Island, Queensland Denham Island in the Flinders Group National Park . It is separated from Stanley Island, Queensland Stanley Island by Owen Channel and Maclear Island by Fly Channel . In the nineteenth century it was one of the earliest centres recruiting lugger crews for the pearling trade. There is a major residential site on the sandspit. The island is a popular tourist destination with an anchorage point for yachts. FlindersIsland is an integral part of the mythological complex of the Flinders Group. See also FlindersIsland language References Reflist Queensland national park stub Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef id Pulau Flinders Queensland zh classical ... more details
FlindersIsland is an island in the Investigator Group off the coast of South Australia . It was named by Matthew Flinders after his younger brother Samuel Flinders, a midshipman on HMS Investigator 1798 HMS Investigator in 1801. ref gutenberg no 7304 name The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders author Ernest Scott ref It is part of the Investigator Group Important Bird Area . ref name bli BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Investigator Islands. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 12 07 2011. ref The island has been subject to diamond exploration following the discovery of a wide range of kimberlite indicator minerals there. ref Cooper, S.A., 2004. New diamond field discovered in SA. MESA Journal 24, 6 9. http www.pir.sa.gov.au dhtml ss section.php?sectID 972 Primary Industries & Resources South Australia publication. ref These minerals include chromite, pyrope, diopside, picroilmenite, forsterite, orthopyroxene, as well as small diamonds. References reflist Eyre Peninsula coord 33 43 S 134 29 E display title Category Important Bird Areas of South Australia Category Eyre Peninsula Category Islands of South Australia SouthAustralia geo stub fr FlindersIsland Investigator zh classical ... more details
Infobox Airport name FlindersIsland Airport nativename nativename a nativename r image image width caption IATA FLS ICAO YFLI center Location map Tasmania width 200 float center caption mark Airplane silhouette.svg marksize 10 label FLS position right lat deg 40 lat min 4 lat sec 59 lat dir S lon deg 148 lon min 0 lon sec 0 lon dir E small Location of airport in Tasmania small center type Public owner operator Flinders Council city served location Whitemark, Tasmania elevation f 33 elevation m 10 coordinates Coord 40 4 59 S 148 0 0 E type airport website metric elev metric rwy r1 number 14 32 r1 length f 5,643 r1 length m 1,720 r1 surface Asphalt r2 number 05 23 r2 length f 3,510 r2 length m 1,070 r2 surface Asphalt stat year stat1 header stat1 data stat2 header stat2 data footnotes FlindersIsland Airport Airport codes FLS YFLI is a small regional airport located near the town of Whitemark, Tasmania Whitemark on FlindersIsland, Tasmania FlindersIsland off the north east coast of Tasmania , Australia . The airport is owned and operated by the Flinders Council. Airlines and destinations airport dest list Sharp Airlines Launceston, Melbourne Essedon ref http www.sharpairlines.com.au ref References Reflist added above External links Sources by script assisted edit Airports in Australia Category Airports in Tasmania Category Bass Strait Category FlindersIsland Australia airport stub ru ... more details
Infobox Disease Name FlindersIsland spotted fever Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD10 A 77 8 a 75 ICD9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID FlindersIsland spotted fever is a condition characterized by a rash in approximately 85 of cases. ref name Bolognia cite book author Rapini, Ronald P. Bolognia, Jean L. Jorizzo, Joseph L. title Dermatology 2 Volume Set publisher Mosby location St. Louis year 2007 pages 1130 isbn 1 4160 2999 0 oclc doi accessdate ref It is associated with Rickettsia honei . ref name pmid17553271 cite journal author Unsworth NB, Stenos J, Graves SR, et al. title FlindersIsland spotted fever rickettsioses caused by marmionii strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia journal Emerging Infect. Dis. volume 13 issue 4 pages 566 73 year 2007 month April pmid 17553271 pmc 2725950 doi 10.3201 eid1304.060087 url ref See also Japanese spotted fever North Asian tick typhus List of cutaneous conditions FlindersIsland References reflist Gram negative proteobacterial diseases Category Bacterium related cutaneous conditions Category Rickettsioses Dermatology stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The FlindersIsland Chronicle was an Australia n newspaper founded in September 1836 and running until December 1837. It was jointly written and edited by Thomas Brune and Walter George Arthur. Twenty nine editions are currently known of. ref Papers of George Augustus Robinson, ML A7073, vol. 52, part 4, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales ref It is notable as being the first newspaper produced by Indigenous Australians . The FlindersIsland Chronicle was produced at the Aboriginal settlement on FlindersIsland , where many Tasmanian Aborigine s were exiled in the early 1830s, following the Black War . Thomas Brune, aged about fourteen, and Walter George Arthur, aged about seventeen, were the most literate amongst the children who had been educated at the Hobart Orphan school. They were selected by George Augustus Robinson as writers and in September 1836 wrote a Prospectus and First Edition. blockquote we date our history of Events from the Month of October 1835 when our beloved father made his appearance among us... we had been in a deplorable ... ref Thomas Brune, FlindersIsland Chronicle, 10 September 1836 ref blockquote There was a break ... George Arthur, FlindersIsland Chronicle, 6 November 1837 ref blockquote and abuse blockquote hear ... dont attend to it I must be put in to joal ref name Thomas Brune, FlindersIsland Chronicle, 7 December 1837 , additional text. ref blockquote The FlindersIsland Chronicle was dominated by messages ... from editing duties. By late December 1837, the Aboriginal inhabitants of FlindersIsland began openly defying Robinson. The final issue of the FlindersIsland Chronicle was produced on 21 ... as a drover on a run from Melbourne to Adelaide. In 1842, he returned to FlindersIsland and assumed ... published in Australia Category FlindersIsland ... Aboriginal activist. ref H. Reynolds, Walter George Arthur Pioneer Aboriginal activist , Island, 49 ... more details
There are many places with the word Flinders in their name. Most of these are in south east Australia and are named for explorer Matthew Flinders . Flinders may refer to Places Cape Flinders , in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut Division of Flinders , federal House of Representatives electoral division in Victoria Electoral district of Flinders , state House of Assembly electoral district in South Australia Electoral district of Flinders Queensland , former state electoral district in Queensland Flinders Bay , Western Australia Flinders Council , Tasmania Flinders County , New South Wales Flinders Highway, Queensland Flinders Highway, South Australia FlindersIsland Queensland , part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park FlindersIsland South Australia , in the Investigator Group FlindersIsland Tasmania , in the Furneaux Group, in Bass Strait Flinders Lane, Melbourne Flinders Medical Centre , the hospital associated with the Flinders University of South Australia Flinders, New South Wales redlink , a suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales Flinders Park, now known as Melbourne Park , home of the Australian Open Tennis Championships Flinders Park, South Australia , an inner western suburb of Adelaide Flinders Peak , near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica Flinders railway station , Shellharbour, New South Wales Flinders Ranges , South Australia Flinders Ranges National Park , South Australia Flinders Reef , Queensland Flinders River , Queensland Flinders Street, Adelaide Flinders Street Station , Melbourne Flinders Street, Melbourne Flinders Street Viaduct , Melbourne Flinders University , formally, the Flinders University of South Australia Flinders University Hall , on campus students residence Flinders, Victoria , a historic town south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula Flinders View, Queensland , a suburb of Ipswich Flinders Wharf , Melbourne Shire of Flinders Queensland , a Local Government Area located in north western Queensland ... more details
Flinders Street , named after explorer Matthew Flinders , may refer to Flinders Street, Adelaide Flinders Street, Melbourne Flinders Street Station , a railway station in Melbourne Flinders Street Viaduct , a railway bridge in Melbourne See also Flinders disambiguation dab ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type lga name Flinders Council state Tasmania image LGATasmania Flinders.png caption Flinders Council pop formatnum 900 pop footnotes ref name ABS3218.0 cite web url http www.abs.gov.au AUSSTATS abs .nsf DetailsPage 3218.02009 10?OpenDocument title 3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009 10 publisher Australian Bureau of Statistics date 31 March 2011 accessdate 23 August 2011 Estimated resident population ERP at 30 June 2010. ref area 1333 est seat Whitemark, Tasmania Whitemark mayor Terence Klug region Furneaux Group and surrounding island groups logo url http www.flinders.tas.gov.au stategov Division of Bass state Bass fedgov Division of Bass Bass near nw Bass Strait near n Bass Strait near ne Bass Strait near w Bass Strait near e Bass Strait near sw Dorset Council Dorset near s Bass Strait near se Bass Strait coordinates coord 40 0 36 S 148 03 0 E type adm2nd source GA region AU TAS display inline,title Flinders Council is a Local Government Areas in Australia Local Government Area of Tasmania . It covers more than 60 islands off the north eastern tip of Tasmania at the eastern end of Bass Strait . Of these 60, only three have permanent populations Clarke Island Tasmania Clarke Island , Cape Barren Island , and the largest and most populous, FlindersIsland . References Reflist External links http www.flinders.tas.gov.au Flinders Council Category Local Government Areas of Tasmania Category Bass Strait Category Furneaux Group de Flinders Municipality fr Conseil de Flinders nl Flinders Council pl Flinders Council ... more details
, and was named Bass Strait , after his close friend. In honour of this discovery, the largest island in Bass Strait would later be named FlindersIsland . The town of Flinders, Victoria Flinders ... believed Flinders knowledge of the island s defences would have encouraged Britain to attempt ... Island, in Bass Strait. Flinders is seen as being particularly important in South Australia, where ... Island , Flinders University , Flinders Medical Centre , the suburb Flinders Park, South Australia ...For the British academic Matthew Flinders academic Use British English date May 2011 Refimprove date March 2009 Infobox person name Matthew Flinders image Flinders01.jpg image size 200px birth date 16 ... Flinders Royal Navy RN 16 March 1774 19 July 1814 was a distinguished navigator and cartographer ... sailed through what became the Bass Strait, confirming that Tasmania was an island. In 1801 he was commissioned ... at Mauritius. Although Britain and France were at war, Flinders thought the scientific nature ... www.gutenberg.org files 12929 12929 h 12929 h.htm ref . Early life Flinders was born in Donington, Lincolnshire , England , the son of Matthew Flinders, a surgeon, and his wife Susannah, n e ... 1791 6 , transporting breadfruit from Tahiti to Jamaica . This was also young Flinders first ... South Wales Flinders first trip to Port Jackson was in 1795 as a midshipman aboard HMS Reliance ... Jackson , Bass and Flinders made two expeditions in small open boats, both named Tom Thumb the first ... Paine 1794 1797 page 39 ref south from Port Jackson to Lake Illawarra . Image Bass Flinders Westernport discovery memorial.JPG thumb right 200px Memorial at Flinders, Victoria commemorating the discovery ... and Flinders in the same year. In 1798, Flinders, who was now a Lieutenant , was given command of the Norfolk .... Flinders never entered Western Port, and only pass Cape Schanck on the 3rd. May 1802. ref http catalogue.nla.gov.au Record 1157394 ref Flinders once more sailed the Norfolk, this time North on 17 ... more details
There are two Australian highway s called the Flinders Highway . Flinders Highway, South Australia Flinders Highway, Queensland disambig de Flinders Highway ... more details
Shire of Flinders can relate to one of two Local Government Areas in Australia , each named after Captain Matthew Flinders The current Shire of Flinders Queensland The former Shire of Flinders Victoria geodis ... more details
Flinders Reef is a small isolated reef near Moreton Island , 5 km north west of Cape Moreton in South East Queensland . It has the highest number of coral species of any sub tropical reef system along Australia s east coast and is the nearest true coral reef to Brisbane . Flinders Reef is one of Queensland s most popular dive site s. ref name fre cite web url http www.goldcoast.com.au article 2009 03 17 60191 gold coast news.html title Flinders Reef escapes oil slick author Seanna Cronin accessdate 2008 03 26 date 2009 03 17 work goldcoast.com.au publisher Gold Coast Publications ref The reef is protected within the Moreton Bay Marine Park and is monitored by the Reef Check Conservation movement conservation program. There is a second Flinders Reef in the Coral Sea located at 120 nautical miles north east of Townsville, Queensland Townsville . There is a weather station located there that is monitored by the Australian Government . ref http www.bom.gov.au products IDQ60701 IDQ60701.94290.shtml Latest Coastal Weather Observations for Flinders Reef ref A third Flinders Reef exists offshore from the town of 1770, Queensland 1770 . Fauna The reef has more than 175 fish species. citation needed date March 2009 There are more species and varieties of corals in this one area than any other single reef on the Great Barrier Reef . The diverse amount of marine life include schools of Wrasse, Sweetlip, Trevally, Parrot, Bat, Surgeon, turtles and tropical fish. Manta Rays, Wobbegongs and Leopard Sharks are among the larger creatures that reside here. Sightings of Whaler sharks are sometimes seen on the eastern side of Flinders. During the months of June to September, Humpback Whales can be seen on the surface as they pass by. History In 1986 the Australian Army ship Crusader AV2767 was sunk near the reef and has become a popular dive wreck. The reef was zoned as a marine park in 1998. The reef was not affected by the 2009 southeast Queensland oil spill . ref name ... more details
Infobox scientist name Flinders Petrie image WMFPetrie.jpg image size 222px caption Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie birth date birth date 3 June 1853 3 June 1853 birth place Charlton, London ... Matthew Flinders Petrie Fellow of the Royal Society FRS ref name frs 3 June 1853 28 July 1942 , commonly known as Flinders Petrie , was an English Egyptology Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic ..., Flinders Petrie A Life in Archaeology , 1995, p.221 ref Life Early life Born in Maryon Road ... 1821 1908 and Anne n e Flinders 1812 1892 . Anne was the daughter of Captain Matthew Flinders , surveyor ... in Egypt and the Levant . Flinders Petrie was encouraged from childhood in his archaeological interests ... William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Seventy Years in Archaeology, H. Holt and Company 1932. p.10 ref All ... hand observation or logic . ref cite web url http www.pef.org.uk profiles sir william flinders petrie 1853 1942 title Sir William Flinders Petrie publisher Palestine Exploration Fund year 2000 accessdate ... Exploration Society , who became his strong supporter and later William Matthew Flinders Petrie ... stela.jpg thumb right 240px Famine Stela is an inscription located on Sehel Island . By the end of the Tanis ... he also climbed rope ladders at Sehel Island near Aswan to draw and photograph thousands of early ... of concession at Luxor. ref Drower, Flinders Petrie, pp.220 221 ref This temple complex was located ... Drower, Flinders Petrie, p.221 ref They were initially surprised that this building which they were .... ref Drower, Flinders Petrie, p.221 ref Petrie doctor honoris causa of the University of Strasbourg ... BNU , 2, 2010, p. 28 29 33 40 42. ref 1920 to 1941 File Flinders Petrie headstone Protestant Cemetery Jerusalem Israel c. 2009 2.JPG thumb right 220px Flinders Petrie headstone Protestant Cemetery ... the chronology of a site. Flinders Petrie was also responsible for mentoring and training a whole ... , as did his followers. Publications wikisource Author Flinders Petrie A number of Petrie s discoveries ... more details
Infobox Planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Flinders symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer F. B. Zoltowski discovery site Woomera, South Australia Woomera discovered August 01, 1997 designations yes mp name 10203 alt names 1997 PQ named after Matthew Flinders mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.3802345 perihelion 2.0248577 semimajor eccentricity 0.0806741 period 1193.9494621 avg speed inclination 4.69384 asc node 125.16069 mean anomaly 344.85185 arg peri 306.66262 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 15.0 10203 Flinders 1997 PQ is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on August 1, 1997 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera, South Australia Woomera . References references External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 10203 Flinders JPL Small Body Database Browser on 10203 Flinders MinorPlanets Navigator 10202 1997 PE 10204 Turing MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Flinders Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1997 beltasteroid stub fa it 10203 Flinders hu 10203 Flinders pl 10203 Flinders pt 10203 Flinders uk 10203 vi 10203 Flinders yo 10203 Flinders ... more details
Matt Flinders , born Sylvan Louis Bonett in Alexandria , Egypt , is a singer who rose to prominence in the late 1960s in Australia . Of French, English and Italian background, Flinders migrated to Australia with his family in 1951. Following National Service training with the Royal Australian Air Force RAAF in the 1950s, he toured Australia, Japan and England as a double bass player and singer, later being appointed as a bandleader at the Chevron Hotel in Melbourne . ref name flinders cite web url http www.mattflinders.ycn.com.au title Matt Flinders accessdate 2007 12 16 last first coauthors date work publisher accessed through Internet Archive archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20051225015208 http www.mattflinders.ycn.com.au archivedate 2005 12 25 ref Born to a music loving family, Flinders brothers also enjoyed the limelight of musical careers the late Roland Bonet was a popular performer and dance band leader in Melbourne until his death in 2002 Arnold, the eldest, performed many roles ..., Flinders was discovered by Ron Tudor of Astor Records who suggested the name change to Matt Flinders after the explorer Matthew Flinders which was deemed to be easier to pronounce and remember than his birth name. ref name flindersFlinders had two top ten singles in Australia Picking up Pebbles 1969 ... Matt Flinders Picking up Pebbles accessdate 2007 12 16 last first coauthors date work publisher ... musician. Flinders appeared on his own television show , Matt Flinders and Friends 1972 1973 , as well as his own radio show, both for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC . ref name flinders cite web url http www.mattflinders.ycn.com.au title Matt Flinders Picking up Pebbles accessdate 2007 ... web 20051225015208 http www.mattflinders.ycn.com.au archivedate 2005 12 25 ref Flinders ... wife, Coralie. References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flinders, Matt ... Flinders, Matt Category Australian television personalities Category Australian male singers ... more details
BLP sources date October 2011 notability Biographies date October 2011 Stuart Flinders born 1960, Bolton is a journalist, reporter and occasional presenter for BBC North West Tonight . Flinders grew up in Bolton and is a supporter of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk england northwesttonight profiles stuart flinders.shtml title North West Tonight Stuart Flinders publisher BBC date accessdate 2011 10 11 ref In 2008 he spent six months working for the BBC News channel and presented some weekend bulletins on BBC 1 during that period. He also occasionally presents BBC Radio 4 program You and Yours. Prior to working for the BBC he spent a short period working for printed media in Australia . ref cite web author lead container name Stuart Flinders url http www.bbc.co.uk northwesttonight content articles 2006 12 30 stuart flinders feature.shtml title North West Tonight Reporters Stuart Flinders publisher BBC date 2009 03 30 accessdate 2011 10 11 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flinders, Stuart ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Journalist DATE OF BIRTH 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH Bolton DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flinders, Stuart Category BBC newsreaders and journalists Category Living people Category 1960 births UK journalist stub ... more details
A Flinders bar is a vertical soft iron bar placed in a tube on the fore side of a compass binnacle . The Flinders bar is used to counteract the vertical magnetism inherent within a ship and is usually calibrated as part of the process known as swinging the compass , where deviations caused by this inherent magnetism are negated by the use of horizontal or quadrantal correctors. ref cite book title American Practical Navigator http www.nga.mil portal site maritime ?epi menuItemID c56aa099e2bff9525b2a7fbd3227a759&epi menuID 35ad5b8aabcefa1a0fc133443927a759&epi baseMenuID e106a3b5e50edce1fec24fd73927a759 first Nathaniel last Bowditch authorlink Nathaniel Bowditch year 2002 edition bicentennial publisher National Geospatial Intelligence Agency ref Where the deviation from a Boxing the compass compass point cannot be counteracted through the use of Flinders bar, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Kelvin s balls, Heeling error magnets and Horizontal magnets, a deviation card , or graph, is produced. This card, or graph, lists the deviation for various compass courses and is referred to by the navigator when compass courses need to be corrected. It is named after Matthew Flinders 1774 1814 who wrote a paper on ships magnetism for the British Navy . ref name flinders Miriam Estensen The life of Matthew Flinders p 460 ref ref cite journal last Flinders first Matthew authorlink Matthew Flinders title Concerning the Differences in the Magnetic Needle, on Board the Investigator, Arising from an Alteration in the Direction of the Ship s Head journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society year 1805 volume 95 pages 186&ndash 197 doi 10.1098 rstl.1805.0012 ref . He discovered the addition .... ref cite book title A voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2, Appendix II first Matthew last Flinders authorlink Matthew Flinders year 1814 url http books.google.ca books?id zMK47s5U4CYC&pg PA532&lpg PA532 ref References Reflist External links http www.rgsq.org.au flse3 2B.htm Flinders education ... more details
File Silentthree.jpg thumb right 350px The Silent Three from School Friend , c. 1950 Evelyn Flinders born 1910 was a British comics artist who worked in girls comics. She entered Hornsey Art School at the age of fifteen, and in 1928 got her first job with the Amalgamated Press , drawing for Schooldays . By the time she was 21 she had drawn for virtually all AP s girls weeklies. When School Friend relaunched in 1950, her strip The Silent Three , written by Horace Boyten and Stewart Pride , was the cover feature. She retired in 1959. References http lambiek.net artists f flinders evelyn.htm Evelyn Flinders on Lambiek Comiclopedia http www.ansible.co.uk cc cc106.html Cloud Chamber 106 , June 2000 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flinders, Evelyn ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Comic artist DATE OF BIRTH 1910 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flinders, Evelyn Category 1910 births Category British comics artists Category Living people UK comics creator stub ... more details
Flinders Bay is a bay and locality that is immediately south of the townsite of Augusta, Western Australia , and close to the mouth of the Blackwood River and lies to the north east of Cape Leeuwin . Bay Flinders Bay 34 21 00 S. 115 20 00 E On Matthew Flinders Terra Australis Sheet 1 1801 1803 the area was originally known as Dangerous Bight . The bay runs from Point Matthew 1.5km East North East of Cape Leeuwin to Ledge Point some 8 km east. It was named by either James Stirling Australian governor James Stirling or Septimus Roe in 1829 or 1830. Matthew Flinders was first in the Bay on the 7th December 1801. Image Flinders plaque.jpg thumb left Plaque at Point Matthew lookout on road to Cape Leeuwin Railway terminus and Jetty The name of the locality of Flinders Bay is tied to the small settlement that had been a whaling and fishing location, as well as the terminus of the Busselton to Flinders Bay Branch Railway railway line 1920s closed 1957 , and the earlier Flinders Bay jetty 1890s . The settlement was in the earlier days considered to be separate from Augusta but now is more or less the southern portion of the larger community. The need for safe, and efficient transfer of whale watchers, and a safe mooring location in the Bay for fishermen has seen a proposal for a marina in 2004 which had included plans for the marina close to the old settlement of Flinders Bay. The 2005 revised proposal has moved to a bay further around towards Cape Leeuwin. Image Flinders bay whaling.jpg thumb View of the Flinders Bay whaling and settlement from the north Whaling The landing area adjacent to the old railway station yard, was original known as The Whaling . It was the area where boats ... the majority of the southwestern coastal regions of Western Australia, Flinders Bay experiences a cool ... Baudin and Matthew Flinders , Kent Town, South Australia,Wakefield Press,2004. ISBN 1 86254 ... Bays of Western Australia WesternAustralia geo stub it Flinders Bay ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Flinders state vic image caption lga Shire of Mornington Peninsula alternative location map Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne longd 145.022 latd 38.474 postcode 3929 pop 787 2006 ref name abs Census 2006 AUS id SSC25603 name Flinders State Suburb accessdate 2007 10 01 quick on ref est 1854 stategov Electoral district of Nepean Nepean fedgov Division of FlindersFlinders dist1 86 location1 Melbourne dist2 19 location2 Rosebud, Victoria Rosebud near nw Boneo, Victoria Boneo near n Main Ridge, Victoria Main Ridge near ne Red Hill, Victoria Red Hill near w Boneo, Victoria Boneo near e Shoreham, Victoria Shoreham near sw near s near se Flinders is a historic town south of Melbourne , Victoria Australia Victoria , Australia , located on the Mornington Peninsula at the point where Western Port meets Bass Strait . Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula . At the 2006 Census in Australia census , Flinders had a population of 787. History The town was named by George Bass after his friend, the explorer and British naval officer Captain Matthew Flinders . Settlement commenced in 1854 and many pioneers and settlers are buried at the Flinders cemetery. Flinders Post Office opened on 7 March 1863 as the population grew. ref ... has a picturesque golf course built on a cliff top on Bass Street operated by the Flinders Golf Club. ref name golf Citation author Golf Select title Flinders url http www.golfselect.com.au armchair ... Content Pub ContentDetail.asp?lngContentID 248 title Find Out More About Flinders author Mornington Peninsula Business Online ref ref Map 261 262, Melway street directory 28th ed., 2001 ref Flinders was the original home of http www.flindersbread.com.au Flinders Bread , available throughout Melbourne ... and gunnery on West Head. It is restricted to the public. Flinders is served by the MetlinkBus ... Flinders , effective 19 April 2004. Accessed 27 November 2006. ref References reflist External links ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Wikify date April 2010 Polly Flinders was a brand name of children s clothing, popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and known for their hand smocking . ref http www.grammies attic.com pollyflinders.html ref In the 1980s, Polly Flinders was operated by Bayliss Brothers, a division of U.S. Industries. These dresses were available at major chain outlets, including Sears. ref Compa, Lance and Stephen Diamond. Human Rights, Labor Rights, and International Trade. U of PA Press, 2003, p.131 ref Poly Flinders is also the name of a child referenced in a 19th century British nursery rhyme . References reflist Category Clothing brands ... more details
Cape Flinders is a headland in the Northern Canada northern Canadian territory of Nunavut . It is located on the western point of the Kent Peninsula . ref cite book last McGoogan first Ken title Fatal Passage The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot publisher Basic Books date 2003 pages 139 isbn 0786711566 url http books.google.com books?id JshAgSEHfpkC&pg PA139&lpg PA139&dq 22cape flinders 22 coronation&source bl&ots 7ntlCa52HO&sig I3lOM4 w45adraAD8lyrS5bqAm0&hl en&ei cHA1S4rBJY OsgPikpm7BA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 4&ved 0CBkQ6AEwAw v onepage&q 22cape 20flinders 22 20coronation&f false ref The cape was named by Sir John Franklin in 1821 ref cite book last Murphy first David title The Arctic Fox Francis Leopold McClintock publisher Dundurn Press Ltd. date 2004 pages 25 isbn 1550025236 url http books.google.com books?id YshbpPnEfr8C&pg PA25&lpg PA25&dq 22cape flinders 22 canada&source bl&ots TIr GlSgGW&sig Qx77sxgak2vq7V7gj qThGhBZNA&hl en&ei m81S4DlAoqqsgOBwp3KBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 8&ved 0CCAQ6AEwBzgK v onepage&q 22cape 20flinders 22 20canada&f false ref after the navigator Matthew Flinders . References Reflist coord 68.26 108.80 region CA NU scale 100000 display title name Cape Flinders Headlands of Nunavut Category Headlands of Kitikmeot Region KitikmeotNU geo stub ... more details
Geobox River Heading name Flinders native name other name category Names etymology nickname Image image StateLibQld 1 164135 Flooding of the Flinders River at Hughenden, January 1917.jpg image caption Flooding of the Flinders River at Hughenden, January 1917 image size Country country Australia state Queensland region Gulf Country district municipality Family parent tributary left Cloncurry River, Corella River tributary right city landmark River locations source source location Reedy Springs source region source country source elevation source lat d source lat m source lat s source lat NS source long d source long m source long s source long EW source confluence source confluence location source confluence region source confluence country source confluence elevation source confluence lat d source confluence lat m source confluence lat s source confluence lat NS source confluence long d source ... The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland , Australia at about convert 1004 km mi . The river ... flood qld brochures flinders flinders.shtml title Flood Warning System For The Flinders River publisher .... ref name anraov cite web url http www.anra.gov.au topics water overview qld basin flinders river.html title Water resources Overview Queensland Flinders River work Australian Natural Resources Atlas ... fwfr Another major tributary of the Flinders River is Porcupine Creek. The creek has carved out a dramatic ... the Flinders River Dam and Corella Dam . ref name anraov A large, flat claypain is located in the area where the Flinders, Gregory River Gregory and Leichhardt River s enter the Gulf. The mouth of the river ... Bird Areas factsheet Gulf Plains. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 01 07 2011 ref The Flinders was named after the explorer Matthew Flinders by John Lort Stokes of the HMS Beagle in 1841. See ... North West Queensland Queensland river stub cs Flinders eka da Flinders de Flinders River fr Flinders fleuve ka lt Flindersas ja pl Flinders ru uk ... more details
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