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David P.: that sounds like a great topic! He shot a lot of lunars and then got thrown in jail for it. As for the locals in Australia, my impression from references in popular museums (never having been there!) is that Matthew Flinders remains well-known.

In a NavList post some months ago I wrote:
"The machine is at the South Australian Maritime Museum in Adelaide. Has anyone been there? I also found a few navigational instruments, and there are demos and discussions of Matthew Flinders (no surprise there!). It seems to be quite a nice museum, but I notice it's not particularly close to the water. I ended up exploring this museum's online images by passing through a deep, antipodal rabbithole."

It took me longer than expected to find this ancient post of mine because I remembered it being certainly at least six months old, but no, just four months ago. Visit Adelaide in Google Maps. Find that museum. Then dive into the large collection of visitor images there. I recall there were a number of references to Flinders, but I don't remember where. What I do remember is that the signage referred to him with familiarity, indicating "yes" he is "remembered" on that side of the globe.

As I mentioned back in April, if I walk five minutes to the Atlantic and look southeast, I can see southern Australia... when there's enough refraction :). The great circle path crossing the Atlantic between South America and Africa and into the Indian Ocean ends in Australia (first landfall!) after passing my antipodes. 

As for the cat, he is well-remembered on Wikipedia, and I suspect in Australia widely, too. The article includes this photo of a nice statue dedicated to Trim and friend.

Frank Reed

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