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First Australian?

#1 Post by Woody » Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:02 am

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Re: First Australian?

#2 Post by Cacophonix » Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:57 pm


Really interesting article. Sad that the poor chap seems to be largely unknown here in the UK anyway.

I take it all the Aussies here know about him?

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#3 Post by Slasher » Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:09 pm

Yeh I was taught about Matty Flinders in high school history Caco. A train station in Melbourne and a Bass Strait island are named after him. Didn't know about his moggy Trim nor his downfall by being eaten by slaves. Shame.

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#4 Post by Undried Plum » Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:11 am

I would think that Bungaree's mob have a much better claim to being the first Australians.

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#5 Post by Sisemen » Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:04 pm

Suspect the he would have wanted to be buried in his birthplace and where he grew up - Donington in Lincolnshire.

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#6 Post by Slasher » Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:24 pm

I've seen old maps of Oz with "New Holland" written on it. Dirk Hartog?

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#7 Post by Cacophonix » Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:45 am

The first Australian!
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#8 Post by EA01 » Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:10 am

I drove the length of 'Flinders Parade' today.... :)

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#9 Post by unifoxos » Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:06 am

Slight thread drift - the article states that he was "first known person to navigate around the entire coast of Australia, confirming it as a continent."

Anybody know the definition of a continent? Surely an island need not be a continent and vice versa|?
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#10 Post by G-CPTN » Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:43 am

First, there is a geological distinction. While Australia and most of Asia are situated on separate tectonic plates, Greenland shares a tectonic plate with North America. Second, there is a biological distinction. While a large percentage of Australia’s plant and animal species can be found nowhere else in the world, fewer of Greenland’s species are unique. Third, there is an anthropological distinction. Aboriginal people are limited to Australia, while indigenous Greenlanders belong to a group of peoples (the Inuit) found throughout the Arctic, including parts of Canada, the United States, and Russia.
Australia is nearly four times as large as Greenland. If they were much closer in area, Greenland might have more of a case for continent status (and Australia for island status).
From:- Is Australia an island?

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#11 Post by ian16th » Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:48 pm

This raises another question.

How does one define an indigenous population?

If a man and woman set foot on an uninhabited island, that has no record of being inhabited, and breed, are their 1st generation family considered indigenous?
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