Ranges near Rawnsley s Bluff.JPG image caption The FlindersRanges at the southern end of Wilpena ... the range s highest peak, St Mary Peak convert 1170 m abbr on and adjoining the FlindersRanges National ... Richi scenic railway and Mount Remarkable National Park . Several small areas in the FlindersRanges are protected as National Parks. These include the FlindersRanges National Park near Wilpena Pound ... and horse riders. Geology Image NASA Flinders Ranges.JPG thumb FlindersRanges from space The Flinders ... resulting in the relatively low ranges today. Most of the high ground and ridgetops in the Flinders ... Ranges and the Heysen Range. Cuesta forms are also very common in the Flinders. The Ranges ... stuff happening at Mount Painter Flora and fauna Image Flindersranges pastoral land.JPG thumb Arid land in the FlindersRanges The flora of the FlindersRanges is largely made up of species ... s, western grey kangaroo s and wallaroo euro s in the FlindersRanges have increased. The Yellow ... chain. The first humans to inhabit the FlindersRanges were the Adnyamathanha people meaning ... engravings and other artifacts indicate that the Adnyamathana people have lived in the FlindersRanges ... River and returning to Adelaide. ref cite book title The FlindersRanges, A Portrait isbn 0 ... Eduard R. coauthors Mincham H, Swinbourne R, Cook J pages 12 19 ref Image FlindersRanges South Australia wide.jpg thumb The FlindersRanges as seen from the Stuart Highway There are records of squatters ... the FlindersRanges via Pichi Richi Pass . In 1853 he drove 7,000 sheep along the eastern plains ... and crops in the FlindersRanges. This, along with the copper mining lobby copper was mined in the Hawker FlindersRanges area in the late 1850s and transported overland by bullock dray , induced ... come from the Parish of Quorn, Leicestershire Quorndon . See also Commons category FlindersRanges ... E type mountain dim 500000 region AU source dewiki display title Category FlindersRanges ca Serralada ... more details
Infobox protected area of Australia name FlindersRanges National Park iucn category II image Australia Locator Map.svg caption locator x 176 locator y 152 nearest town or city Hawker, South Australia Hawker coordinates coord 31 25 20 S 138 42 18 E area 912 km established 1945 visitation num visitation ... parks flindersrangesFlindersRanges National Park File FlindersRanges NP SA.jpg thumb 300px FlindersRanges National Park. The FlindersRanges National Park is situated approximately ... mountain range , the FlindersRanges . The park covers an area of 912 km , northeast of the small .... ref name Australian Places Geology The FlindersRanges are largely composed of folded and faulted ... of the Flinders, including the high plateau of the Gammon Ranges and the Heysen Range. Cuesta forms are also very common in the Flinders. Flora and fauna The flora of the FlindersRanges is composed largely ... kangaroo s, western grey kangaroo s and wallaroo euro s in the FlindersRanges have increased. The Yellow ... title IBA FlindersRanges accessdate 2011 06 22 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref gallery Image FlindersRanges South Australia wide.jpg The FlindersRanges as seen from the Sturt Highway . Image NASA Flinders Ranges.JPG FlindersRanges from space. gallery See also Arkaroola Ediacara disambiguation Gammon Ranges Mawson Plateau Mount Chambers Protected areas of South Australia Wilpena Pound References reflist External links Commons category FlindersRanges http www.southaustralia.com FlindersRangesOutback.aspx SouthAustralia.com Flinders Rangers & Outback Travel Guides ... parks of South Australia Category FlindersRanges Category Protected areas established in 1945 Category ... Nationalpark es Parque Nacional Montes Flinders nl Nationaal park FlindersRanges pl Park Narodowy .... Since this time the area has undergone erosion resulting in the relatively low ranges today. Most of the high ground and ridgetops in the Flinders are sequences of quartzite s that outcrop along Strike ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type lga name FlindersRanges Council state sa image FlindersRanges LGA.png caption Location of the FlindersRanges Council pop formatnum 1784 pop footnotes 2009 ref cite web url http www.abs.gov.au ausstats abs .nsf Latestproducts 3218.0Main 20Features72008 09?opendocument&tabname Summary&prodno 3218.0&issue 2008 09&num &view title Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008 09 author Australian Bureau of Statistics date 30 March 2010 accessdate 4 June 2010 ref area 4198 est seat Quorn, South Australia Quorn mayor Maxwell McHugh region logo logosize url http www.flindersrangescouncil.sa.gov.au stategov Electoral district of Stuart fedgov Division of Grey near nw Outback Areas Community Development Trust Outback Areas near n Outback Areas Community Development Trust Outback Areas near ne Outback Areas Community Development Trust Outback Areas near w Outback Areas Community Development Trust Outback Areas near e Outback Areas Community Development Trust Outback Areas near sw City of Port Augusta near s District Council of Mount Remarkable near se District Council of Orroroo Carrieton FlindersRanges Council is a Local Government Areas in Australia local government area in the FlindersRanges of South Australia . The council area is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres. The main towns covered by the council area are Hawker, South Australia Hawker and Quorn, South Australia Quorn . The neighbouring councils to the south are City of Port Augusta , District Council of Mount Remarkable ... administered by the Outback Areas Community Development Trust . FlindersRanges council is entirely ... title Category Local Government Areas of South Australia Category FlindersRanges SouthAustralia geo stub FlindersRanges Council localities LGASA de FlindersRanges Council fr Conseil des FlindersRanges ... more details
Infobox Wine Region name Southern FlindersRanges image official name other name type Wine Region year wine years Since the 1890s country Australia part of South Australia similar sub regions season climate region heat units 1611 heat degree days from Oct Apr precipitation 556 mm 21.9 inches soil total size planted vineyards grapes varietals Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Riesling wineries wine produced designation comments Harvest Early Feb Early Mar Southern FlindersRanges is a South Australian wine region, located east of Spencer Gulf and north of the Clare Valley . It is located to the east and north east of Port Pirie, South Australia Port Pirie . Though vines have been planted in the area since the 1890s, the Southern FlindersRanges is a relatively new List of wine producing regions wine growing region that began to emerged during the last 20 years of the 20th century. ref name Sotheby pg 578 581 T. Stevenson The Sotheby s Wine Encyclopedia pg 578 581 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0 7566 1324 8 ref Climate and geography Due to its close proximately to the Clare Valley, there are many similarities in the geological features. Most of Southern Flinders vineyard s are located ... Australia Default.aspx?tabid 720 Southern FlindersRanges Description ref The region ... of the FlindersRanges and the Wild Dog Creek Land System which includes the land to the east of the Ranges. The sub zones are distinct from each other in List of vineyard soils soil type with the Baroota ... southern flinders.asp Southern FlindersRanges Description ref Grapes and wine While the Southern FlindersRanges grows a wide range of List of grape varieties grape varieties , the area has been very ... eyre stories s1251103.htm A FIRST FOR THE SOUTHERN FLINDERSRANGES ABC West Coast SA Nov 25th, 2004 ... regions of South Australia Category FlindersRanges Category Mid North South Australia ... Wine Australia However, the first wine of Southern Flinders to make one of Australia top 100 wines list ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name FlindersRanges Worm lizard image status LR nt status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Reptilia ordo Squamata familia Pygopodidae genus Aprasia species A. pseudopulchella binomial Aprasia pseudopulchella binomial authority Kluge, 1974 synonyms The FlindersRanges Worm lizard Aprasia pseudopulchella is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family. It is Endemism endemic to Australia . Refences Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 1921 all Aprasia pseudopulchella . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007. Category Reptiles of Australia Category Aprasia Category Animals described in 1974 lizard stub sr Aprasia pseudopulchella ... more details
Taxobox name FlindersRanges mogurnda regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Perciformes familia Eleotridae genus Mogurnda species M. clivicola binomial Mogurnda clivicola binomial authority Allen & Jenkins, 1999 The FlindersRanges mogurnda or FlindersRanges purple spotted gudgeon , Mogurnda clivicola , also known as the Barcoo , or Bulloo mogurnda , ref name dfc Desert Fishes Council Australia ref is a Central Australian gudgeon of the Eleotridae family biology family . Distribution FlindersRanges gudgeon fish gudgeons are found in permanent water in an isolated set of Spring hydrosphere spring fed creeks in the southern Gammon Ranges National Park in the arid South Australian outback. ref name Allen Midgley Allen Allen, Midgley & Allen 2002 ref These creeks are often in very steep sided, rocky gorge s. ref name dfc ref name Allen Midgley Allen This fish s Habitat ecology habitat is usually isolated into separate pools and then subject to floods that change the water level by several metres. Citation needed date September 2009 These fish have also been recorded in samples taken from the Barcoo River Barcoo and Bulloo River Bulloo Rivers hundreds of kilometres away from the main population, in the very different habitat of larger, muddy bottomed rivers. ref name dfc ref name Allen Midgley Allen Description FlindersRanges mogurndas are medium sized fish, with a maximum Fish measurement total length of approximately 13 cm. ref name Allen Midgley Allen ref name fishbase Fishbase ref ref size I They are dark with a fine mottling of dark grey ... of unknown origin. Citation needed date September 2009 Ecology and behaviour In the FlindersRanges ..., excluding M. clivicola not described until 1999 . cite web title Mogurnda clivicola FlindersRanges ... publisher Desert Fishes Council Australia title Mogurnda clivicola Allen & Jenkins 1999 FlindersRanges, Barcoo, or Bulloo mogurnda accessdate 17 September 2009 cite book last1 Allen first1 G.R. ... more details
goalkeeper Other HMAS FlindersFlindersRanges mogurnda , a gudgeon fish 10203 Flinders , an asteroid ...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 Flinders Island Queensland , part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Flinders Island South Australia , in the Investigator Group Flinders Island 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 FlindersRanges , South Australia FlindersRanges 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 ... more details
Other uses Range disambiguation eastons Ranges 1. Lev. 11 35. Probably a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the Hebrew language Hebrew word here is in the dual number or perhaps a fire place fitted to receive a pair of ovens. 2. 2 Kings 11 8. A Hebrew word is here used different from the preceding, meaning ranks of soldiers. The Levites were appointed to guard the king s person within the temple 2 Chr. 23 7 , while the soldiers were his guard in the court, and in going from the temple to the palace. The soldiers are here commanded to slay any one who should break through the ranks as rendered in the R.V. to come near the king. In 2 Kings 11 15 the expression, Have her forth without the ranges, is in the Revised Version, Have her forth between the ranks i.e., Jehoiada orders that Athaliah should be kept surrounded by his own guards, and at the same time conveyed beyond the precincts of the temple. Tanakh stub Category Hebrew Bible ... 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
include the FlindersRanges and FlindersRanges National Park , Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo ...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 ... 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 ... in Bass Strait would later be named Flinders Island . The town of Flinders, Victoria Flinders .... 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 .... In March 1800, Flinders rejoined the Reliance which set sail for England. Command of the Investigator Main HMS Investigator 1798 Flinders work had come to the attention of many of the scientists of the day, in particular the influential Sir Joseph Banks , to whom Flinders dedicated his Observations ... to chart the coastline of New Holland. As a result, in January 1801, Flinders was given command of the HMS ... 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
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
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, Flinders Island . 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
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
Flinders Island image name Flinders island.jpg image caption Furneaux Group from space, April 1993 ... of Flinders Island country largest city Whitemark, Tasmania Whitemark country largest city population population 170 population 897 population as of 2005 density km2 0.673 ethnic groups Flinders Island ... Prehistory Flinders Island was first colonised at least 35,000 years ago, when people made their way ... on Cook s second voyage. In February 1798 British navigator Matthew Flinders charted some of the southern islands, using one of the schooner Francis 1793 Francis open boats. Later that year, Flinders ... 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 Flinders Island, 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 island Flinders Island, after Matthew Flinders. ref Matthew Flinders Observations 1801 ref ref Matthew Flinders Voyage to Terra Australis 1814 ref ref The Early History of Tasmania R.W.Giblin 1928 ref There are three islands named Flinders ... Group of South Australia , named by Matthew Flinders after his young brother Samuel 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 ... population were exiled to Settlement Point or Wybalenna , meaning Black Man s House on Flinders ..., mainly drawing settlers from mainland Tasmania and central New South Wales to Flinders Island s eastern shore. The Municipality of Flinders Island 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 Flinders Island Local Government ... 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
File Flinders Wharf 1a.jpg thumb Flinders Wharf viewed from across the Yarra River Flinders Wharf previously known as Flinders Wharf Apartments is located in the Docklands area, along the northern bank of Melbourne s Yarra River on the edge of Melbourne s central business district. The 300 apartment complex is home to a multicultural blend of personalities and is a short walk from Southern Cross Station formally Spencer Street Station , Flinders Street Station , Crown Casino , Docklands Stadium and many of Melbourne s other attractions. Most of the complex consists of residents who either own or lease their apartment. Some of the apartments are short stay apartments, where individuals or groups stay for a short period usually less than a month due to the site s proximity to Melbourne s vibrant CBD and excellent facilities, including a fully equipped gymnasium, sauna, steam room, heated lap pool and heated spa. A convenience store is also contained within the complex. On the western side of the complex, the Government of Victoria Victorian State Government has developed an open space for recreational use known as Seafarers Rest . The state government is currently redeveloping the other side of the river to include a hotel, shopping complex, restaurants and conference centre. ref name premier http www.dtf.vic.gov.au domino Web Notes newmedia.nsf 35504bc71d3adebcca256cfc0082c2b8 30f733ff7b149beaca25711d0080cdc1 OpenDocument Convention Centre Cornerstone of Yarra Redevelopment ref A new cross bridge from Flinders Wharf to the new area has been built and is operational. History The site now known as Flinders Wharf, on Siddeley Street in Melbourne Docklands , was previously Wharf ... took legal action against the developers of Flinders Wharf. Tony Brady alleged that the penthouse apartment he bought at Flinders Wharf was not finished as a luxury penthouse , and changes were ... Flinders Wharf website with public and resident only sections coord display title 37.822819 ... more details
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