Matthew Flinders

Type: Person

As of November 2026, Matthew Flinders has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The BMJ (Dec 2025). In the episode "The Covid Inquiry - special episode" on The BMJ, Matthew Flinders discusses the inquiry's findings, focusing on themes like governance, institutional memory, and trust. Host Cameron Abassi collaborates with Flinders to explore the implications of the inquiry, including a specific question about a recent verdict from Lady Howlet. Flinders' insights are framed by his expertise as a professor of politics and public policy.

Captain Matthew Flinders was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land, a title he regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis.