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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

Hidden Hunter links with famed British explorer Flinders

One of the many bronze sculptures of navigator and explorer Matthew Flinders. Picture: Supplied. Below - The replica sloop Norfolk and crew arrive in Sydney after sailing from Tasmania in 1998 as part of a re-enactment voyage of discovery. Picture: Newcastle Herald

AFTER 210 years, Captain Matthew Flinders is finally coming home to be buried - again.

The famed British explorer who put Australia on the map, literally, is being reburied today, July 13, on the other side of the world, in England.

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