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• Matthew Flinders was born on the 16th of March 1774
• He died at the age of 40 due to a kidney failure on the 19th of July 1814
• Flinders believed that Trim died by being eaten
• Trim was born on board a boat at sea
• Matthew Flinders had 8 siblings, Samuel Flinders, Samuel Ward Flinders, Jackey Flinders, Susanna Flinders, Henrietta Flinders, Hannah Flinders, John Flinders and Elizabeth Harvey
• Matthew Flinders was the first to name Australia Australia
• Trim died in 1804
• Trim was born in 1799
•Flinders had nicknames for some of the boats he went on:
Investigator = Spyall
Minikin = Cumberland
and more
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