Flinders
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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
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Flinders may refer to:
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and are named for explorer Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...
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Flinders may refer to:
Places
- Cape FlindersCape FlindersCape Flinders is a headland in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the western point of the Kent Peninsula.The cape was named by Sir John Franklin in 1821 after the navigator Matthew Flinders.-References:...
, in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut - Division of FlindersDivision of FlindersThe Division of Flinders is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election...
, federal House of Representatives electoral division in Victoria - Electoral district of FlindersElectoral district of FlindersFlinders is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 55,260.6 km² coastal rural electorate encompassing the Eyre Peninsula and...
, state House of Assembly electoral district in South Australia - Electoral district of Flinders (Queensland)Electoral district of Flinders (Queensland)The electoral district of Flinders was formerly a state electorate in the Parliament of Queensland covering parts of central Queensland. It was abolished in a redistribution in 1991, effective 1992. The last sitting member of the seat was Bob Katter, who had held it since December 1974.-Members for...
, former state electoral district in Queensland - Flinders BayFlinders BayFlinders 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...
, Western Australia - Flinders CouncilFlinders CouncilFlinders Council is a 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, Cape Barren Island, and the largest and most populous, Flinders Island....
, Tasmania - Flinders County, New South Wales
- Flinders Highway, QueenslandFlinders Highway, QueenslandFlinders Highway is a highway that crosses Queensland from east to west, from Townsville on the Pacific coast to Cloncurry . Flinders Highway and passes a number of small outback towns. Typical outback landscape predominates towards the inland...
- Flinders Highway, South AustraliaFlinders Highway, South AustraliaFlinders Highway connects the South Australian towns of Ceduna and Port Lincoln, a distance of 410 kilometres. The highway was formerly designated as National Route Alternate 1 and currently signed as B100...
- 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, MelbourneFlinders Lane, MelbourneFlinders Lane is a minor street in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The street runs parallel to and to the north of Flinders Street and as a narrow one way lane takes on the name of the wider main street...
- Flinders Medical CentreFlinders Medical CentreFlinders Medical Centre is a 580 bed public teaching hospital and medical school, co-located with Flinders University and the 130 bed Flinders Private Hospital located at Bedford Park, South Australia. It opened in 1976. It is one of the major public hospitals operating in metropolitan Adelaide...
, the hospital associated with the Flinders University of South Australia - Flinders, New South WalesFlinders, New South WalesFlinders is a southern suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.-Transport:A new railway station is under construction to serve the growing area. Preliminary works commenced in 2011 and the station is expected to open in 2014.-References:...
, a suburb of Shellharbour, New South WalesShellharbour, New South WalesShellharbour is a southern beachside suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the Local Government Area, City of Shellharbour.... - Flinders Park, now known as Melbourne ParkMelbourne ParkMelbourne Park is a sports venue in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 1988, Melbourne Park has been home of the Australian Open in tennis, which is played annually in January...
, home of the Australian Open Tennis Championships - Flinders Park, South AustraliaFlinders Park, South AustraliaFlinders Park is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.-History:The suburb is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, with many of its streets bearing the names of famous explorers.-Geography:...
, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide - Flinders PeakFlinders PeakFlinders Peak is a conspicuous triangular peak on the west end of Bristly Peaks. The peak overlooks Forster Ice Piedmont near the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by British Graham Land Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition...
, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica - Flinders railway station, Shellharbour, New South Wales
- Flinders RangesFlinders RangesFlinders Ranges is the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts approximately north west of Adelaide. The discontinuous ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna...
, South Australia - Flinders Ranges National ParkFlinders Ranges National ParkThe Flinders Ranges National Park is situated approximately 400 km north of Adelaide in the northern central part of South Australia's largest mountain range, the Flinders Ranges. The park covers an area of 912 km², northeast of the small town of Hawker...
, South Australia - Flinders ReefFlinders ReefFlinders 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 - Flinders RiverFlinders RiverThe Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia at about . The river rises in the Burra Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, 110 km northeast of Hughenden and flows in a westerly direction past Hughenden, Richmond and Julia Creek then northwest to the Gulf of Carpentaria...
, Queensland - Flinders Street, AdelaideFlinders Street, AdelaideFlinders Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was the location of Flinders St Schoolf of Music, a campus of TAFE, but has been closed in the last decade. It is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders....
- Flinders Street StationFlinders Street StationFlinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the heart of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city...
, Melbourne - Flinders Street, MelbourneFlinders Street, MelbourneFlinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Running roughly parallel to the Yarra River, Flinders Street forms the southern edge of the Hoddle Grid. It is exactly one mile in length and one and half chains in width...
- Flinders Street ViaductFlinders Street ViaductThe Flinders Street Viaduct is a railway bridge in Melbourne, Australia. Made up of six tracks of varying ages, it links Flinders Street Station to Southern Cross Station and forms the main link between the eastern and western parts of the Victorian rail network.The viaduct takes a twisted path,...
, Melbourne - Flinders UniversityFlinders UniversityFlinders University, , is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century.The university has established a reputation as a leading research...
, formally, the Flinders University of South Australia - Flinders University HallFlinders University HallFlinders University Hall is a students' residence situated on the grounds of Flinders University in Adelaide. Established in 1971, it provides on-campus accommodation and meals for around 240 university students...
, on-campus students' residence - Flinders, VictoriaFlinders, VictoriaFlinders is a historic town south of Melbourne, 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...
, a historic town south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula - Flinders View, QueenslandFlinders View, QueenslandFlinders View is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The origin of the suburb name is from the view and proximity to Flinders Peak from the suburb of Flinders View....
, a suburb of Ipswich - Flinders WharfFlinders WharfFlinders Wharf is located in the Docklands area, along the northern bank of Melbourne's Yarra River on the edge of Melbourne's central business district...
, Melbourne - Shire of Flinders (Queensland), a Local Government Area located in north western Queensland
- Shire of Flinders (Victoria)
Given name
- Flinders Petrie, Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS (1853–1942), English Egyptologist
Surname
- Matthew FlindersMatthew FlindersCaptain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...
, late-18th & early-19th century explorer - Mesh FlindersMesh FlindersRamesh "Mesh" Flinders is a screenwriter who, along with Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, is best known for creating the groundbreaking lonelygirl15 video series which received international attention during the summer months of 2006....
(born 1979), American screenwriter - Scott FlindersScott FlindersScott Liam Flinders is an English footballer who plays for Hartlepool United as a goalkeeper. He has also played for the England Under-20 team.-Club career:...
(born 1986), English football goalkeeper
Other
- HMAS FlindersHMAS FlindersHMAS Flinders , named for Matthew Flinders , was a hydrographic survey ship of the Royal Australian Navy .Flinders was laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria on 11 June 1971. She was launched on 29 July 1972 and commissioned into the RAN on 27 April 1973.Flinders was...
- Flinders Ranges mogurndaFlinders Ranges mogurndaThe Flinders Ranges mogurnda or Flinders Ranges purple spotted gudgeon, Mogurnda clivicola, also known as the Barcoo, or Bulloo mogurnda, is a Central Australian gudgeon of the Eleotridae family.-Distribution:...
, a gudgeon (fish) - 10203 Flinders10203 Flinders10203 Flinders is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 1, 1997 by F. B. Zoltowski at Woomera.- External links :*...
, an asteroid