This episode we see Bass undertake his speculative business ventures, no longer in the company of Flinders, but his timing meant his returns were not as lucrative as he’d hoped.
Flinders set off on the mammoth task of circumnavigating the New Holland-New South Wales. This first leg of his mission was very rewarding and successful, and Flinders had the experience of meeting one of the ships involved in the French scientific expedition while charting the south coast.
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The entrance to Port Phillip Bay (Google Maps)
The Coorong, South Australia (https://www.kingstondc.sa.gov.au/discover/conservation-national-parks/coorong-national-park)
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REFERENCES – Ep 73
ESTENSEN, MIRIAM., 2002. The Life of Matthew Flinders. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-515-4.
ESTENSEN, MIRIAM., 2009. The letters of George & Elizabeth Bass. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74175-681-4.
FLINDERS, MATTHEW., 2012. Terra Australis. Text Classics. Melbourne, Vic.: The Text Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-921922-40-4.
BASTIAN, JOSEPHINE, 2016. A passion for exploring new countries: Matthew Flinders & George Bass. North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. ISBN 978-1-925333-72-5.
Department for Environment and Water – Coorong Lower Lakes and Murray. Available from: https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/river-murray/about/coorong-lower-lakes-murray-mouth [Accessed June 2024].
History of longitude, 2024. Wikipedia. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_longitude&oldid=1240557517 [Accessed August 2024].
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, 2024. Wikipedia. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Galaup,_comte_de_Lap%C3%A9rouse&oldid=1241754951 [Accessed August 2024].
MORGAN, KENNETH, 2016. Matthew Flinders, Maritime Explorer of Australia. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-4411-7962-3. Available from: https://dokumen.pub/qdownload/matthew-flinders-maritime-explorer-of-australia-9781441179623-9781474210805-9781441149107.html [Accessed June 2024].
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Murray–Darling basin, 2024. Wikipedia. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%E2%80%93Darling_basin&oldid=1228406674 [Accessed June 2024].
BOWDEN, KEITH MACRAE, 1952. George Bass: 1771 – 1803 His discoveries romantic life and tragic disappearance. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN n/a.
Music, IMAGES & other links:
- Intro/Exit music modified from: ‘Grand Canyon’ by David Löhstana [CCFM Music – 2018]
- Sound snippets: Sailing Ship noises – https://freesound.org/people/Supertyv2/sounds/166753/
Rough transcript: currently in production….