Flinders Street
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Flinders Street, named after explorer Matthew Flinders
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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 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, 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 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...
, a railway station in Melbourne - 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,...
, a railway bridge in Melbourne