https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Flinders

"Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was an English navigator and cartographer who led the first circumnavigation of Australia and identified it as a continent.
Flinders made three voyages to the southern ocean between 1791 and 1810. In the second voyage, George Bass and Flinders confirmed that Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) was an island. In the third voyage, Flinders circumnavigated the mainland of what was to be called Australia, accompanied by Aboriginal man Bungaree.
Heading back to England in 1803, Flinders' vessel needed urgent repairs at Isle de France (Mauritius). Although Britain and France were at war, Flinders thought the scientific nature of his work would ensure safe passage, but a suspicious governor kept him under arrest for more than six years. In captivity, he recorded details of his voyages for future publication, and put forward his rationale for naming the new continent 'Australia', as an umbrella term for New Holland and New South Wales – a suggestion taken up later by Governor Macquarie.
Flinders' health had suffered, however, and although he reached home in 1810, he did not live to see the success of his widely praised book and atlas, A Voyage to Terra Australis, having died in July 1814. The location of his grave was lost by the mid-19th century but archaeologists excavating a former burial ground near London's Euston railway station reported in January 2019 that his remains had been identified."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-46974247


But there seems some controversy about his guide Bungaree.
Perhaps Islanddawn or Caro can comment more about this?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47000518
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-25/bungaree-australian-circumnavigate-country-matthew-flinders/10749476


Kind regards from Paul.

Paul, I can't be much help in this instance but the name "Flinders" rang a bell - I'm not sure whether I recall it from another thread on Res Hist or independent of Res Hist.  I remember someone (Priscilla? - apologies, P, if it wasn't you) mentioning something about the HS2 excavations.  When I worked in the Natural History Museum (crumbs, it's 9/10 years ago now) I do remember being surprised to find out that some place names in the "new world" were named after people who had actually lived.  For example (though this one was in Canada not Australia) Vancouver Island was thus named after a George Vancouver.