Guide to the records relating to Matthew Flinders (as filmed by the AJCP)

Admirals' despatches: East Indies, 13 August 1805 - 15 January 1806 (Item Adm 1/177)

Flinders (Mauritius) to Sir Edward Pellew, 13 Aug. 1805: account of voyage of Cumberland from New South Wales; reasons for putting in at Mauritius; seizure of schooner, charts, books and papers; degrading treatment of Flinders and crew; contrast with treatment accorded to French officers by Governor King; attaches documents. Also an acknowledgment by Pellew, 15 Jan. 1806.

Admirals' despatches: Portsmouth, 30 May 1812 (Item Adm 1/1200)

Sir Richard Bickerton (Portsmouth) to Admiralty, 30 May 1812: sends reports received from various ships on compass variations.

Captains' letters (F), 1801 (Item Adm 1/1800)

Letters from Flinders HMS Investigator to E. Nepean (Admiralty): appointment of crew members; procurement of charts, books, stationery and articles suitable as presents; repairs needed on the ship; conduct to be observed towards French vessels; departure from Spithead; performance of ship. Also instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty to Flinders (n.d.) and copies of letters from the Admiralty to Flinders.

Captains' letters (F), 1802 - 1804 (Item Adm 1/1803)

Includes Flinders (Mauritius) to Admiralty, 30 Dec. 1804: his continued captivity; sends copies of letters to Governor De Caen.

Captains' letters (F), 1805 - 1806 (Item Adm 1/1804)

Includes Flinders (Mauritius) to W. Marsden (Admiralty), 13 March 1805: sends copy of letter to M. Fleurieu on erroneous statement about Flinders's intentions on travelling to Mauritius; refers to the friendly reception that the Geographe and Naturaliste received at Port Jackson.

Captains' letters (F), 1808 - 1809 (Item Adm 1/1806)

Includes Flinders (Mauritius) to W. Marsden, 20 Jan. 1808: continued imprisonment despite an order from the French Minister for the Marine; seizure of letters by De Caen; sends copies of letters to Minister and Col. Monistrol.

Captains' letters (F), 1810 (Item Adm 1/1807)

Letters from Flinders (London) to J.W. Croker and J. Barrow (Admiralty): request for compensation payment for his time imprisoned at Mauritius; efforts by P.G. King, the Minister for the Marine and others to secure his release; De Caen's retention of the third volume of the Investigator's logbook.

Captains' letters (F), 1811 (Item Adm 1/1808)

Includes: Flinders (London) to J.W. Croker, 14 Nov. 1811: requesting an allowance while writing an account of their voyage on H.M.S. Investigator and drawing charts.

Captains' letters (F), 1812 (Item Adm 1/1809)

Includes: Letters from Flinders (London) to J.W. Croker: observations on the magnetism of ships; experiments on compass variations at Sheerness and Portsmouth. Also minutes by Capt. Hurd (Hydrographic Office) on the observations of Flinders...

Captains' letters (K), 1803 (Item Adm 1/2020)

Includes: Letters from P.G. King (Sydney) to E. Nepean (Admiralty): reports on warships arriving at Sydney; explorations in Bass Strait by French ships; King's decision to form a settlement in Van Diemen's land; return of HMS Investigator; transfer of officers and men to the Porpoise; wreck of Porpoise on reef...

Captains' letters (K), 1804 - 1805 (Item Adm 1/2021)

Includes: Letters from P.G. King (Sydney) to W. Marsden: sends copies of letters from Flinders to King written at Timor and Mauritius and a copy of a letter written by King to the Governor of Mauritius.

Letters from Transport Department, 1811 (Item Adm 1/3762)

Includes: Board of Transport to J.W. Croker, 31 Jan. 1811: sends letter from M. Riviere (Department of Marine) concerning Flinders at Mauritius.

Letters from Transport Department, 1812 (Item Adm 1/3763)

Includes: Board of Transport to J.W. Crocker, 1 Jan. 1812: sends letter from M. Riviere on loss of Flinders' journal.

Promiscuous letters (B), 1805 - 1806 (Item Adm 1/4379)

Memorandum by Sir Joseph Banks, Jan. 1806, on collections made by R. Brown and F. Bauer on voyage of HMS Investigator; requests that salaries be continued in manner similar to those of artists of J. Cook; proposed publication of engravings and descriptions of most interesting objects. Also covering letter to W. Marsden

Promiscuous letters (B), 1811 - 1812 (Item Adm 1/4382)

Letters from Sir Joseph Banks to the Admiralty on the charts and drawings of Flinders' voyage and the report by Flinders on variations of the compass. Also an unsigned memorandum on Flinders' paper on compass variations (7pp) and a draft letter to Sir Joseph Banks on the plates and charts of Flinder's voyage.

Promiscuous letters (H), 1811 (Item Adm 1/4698)

Letters from Hope to J. Barrow: refers to his relative Hugh Hope who secured the release of Flinders at Mauritius; promise made by Hope to secure the release of French prisoners of war in England.

Sir Joseph Banks, 1800 - 1814 (Item)

(7 letters)

Admiral William Bligh, 1811 (Item)

(1 letter)

Sir John Franklin, 1810 (Item)

(1 letter)

James Horsburgh, 1812 (Item)

(2 letters)

W. Hope, 1809 - 1812 (Item)

(5 letters)

Captain W. Kent, 1811 (Item)

(1 letter)

Captain Larkins, 1806 (Item)

(2 letters)

William F.W. Owen, 1810 - 1812 (Item)

(3 letters)

E. Owen, 1811 (Item)

(1 letter)

Sir Thomas Pasley, 1791 - 1793 (Item)

(2 letters)

Thomas Pearce, 1800 (Item)

(1 letter)

Major Russell, 1801 (Item)

(1 letter)

Christopher Smith, 1799 (Item)

(1 letter)

Mrs Ann Tyler, 1803 (Item)

(1 letter)

Miss Tyler, 1810 (Item)

(1 letter)

Richard Westall, 1802 (Item)

(1 letter)

William Wilberforce, 1811 (Item)

(1 letter)

James Wiles, 1811 - 1813 (Item)

(2 letters)

English copy of Abridged narrative of a voyage of discovery to Australia performed in H.M.S. Investigator (Item FLI 13 a))

French copy of Abridged narrative of a voyage of discovery to Australia performed in H.M.S. Investigator (Item b))

Rough copy of the Voyage, Book II, ff.70-107 (Item c))

A chart of the passage between New Holland and New Guinea as seen in HMS Providence in 1792, 1791 - 1792 (File 1)

M.Flinders. (Also showing the track of the Pandora in 1791). 18 × 22 inches...

Chart of Port II Refugio in the island Vavaoo, by William Wilson, commander of the Royal Admiral, August 1801 (File 2)

Inset showing the Hoorn Islands...

Chart of Port St Vincent, coast of New Caledonia, surveyed in 1803, 1803 (File 3)

By William Kent, 2nd commander of HMS Buffalo...

Map showing a journey made in the interior of New South Wales, 25 July 1806 - 22 August 1806 (File 4)

16.5 × 9.75 inches...

Sketch map, possibly for (4) Map showing a journey made in the interior of New South Wales (File 5)

16.25 × 9.75 inches...

Survey of country between Port Dalrymple and the River Derwent, Van Diemen's Land, 1807 (File 6)

Charles Grimes, Surveyor General of Lands, New South Wales...

A copy of a survey of the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro. (With a view of the harbour entrance.), Undated (possibly made in the Reliance in 1795) (File 7)

Flinders...

Chart of the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. (Companion to (7) A copy of a survey of the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro. (With a view of the harbour entrance.)) (File 8)

10.5 × 6.5 inches...

Isle Penantipode, discovered by HMS Reliance, H.Waterhouse, commander, 25 March 1800 (File 9)

Copied by S.Flinders. 7 × 9.5 inches...

Copy of Mr Barrallier's sketch of Port Hunter, 15 May 1810 (File 10)

Annotated by Flinders. Tracing paper, 8 × 10 inches...

Chart of part of the Freshwater River at Hobart Town, River Derwent, Island of Van Diemen, by G.P.Harris. (File 11)

Tracing paper, 10 × 24.5 inches

Carte de la partie occidentale de la Nouvelle Guinee et des detroits adjacents d'apres un manuscrit Hollandois qu'on suppose avoir ete fait dans le voyage de Geelvink en 1705, 1801 (File 12)

Tracing paper, 18 × 26 inches...

Plan de la Grande Baie du Geelvinck a la cote nord de la Nouvelle Guinee d'apres un manuscrit Hollandois, 1801 (File 13)

Tracing paper, 18 × 26 inches...

Carte generale de la Terre de Nuyts. Tracing paper, 15 × 36 inches, 1801 (File 14)

Tracing paper, 15 × 36 inches...

Carte de la partie de la Terre de Nuyts reconnue par M.d'Entrecasteaux, contre amiral de France, du 9 au 23 Decembre 1792 Redigee a bord de la fregate La Recherche par Beautemps Beaupre, 1801 (File 15)

Tracing paper, 18 × 18 inches...

Carte generale de la partie sud de la Terre de Diemen, reconnue par M.d'Entrecasteaux, contre amiral, en 1792 et 1793. Redigee a bord de la fregate La Recherche par Beautemps Beaupre., 1801 (File 16)

Tracing paper, 10 × 13 inches...

Carte particuliere de la partie de la Terre de Diemen comprise entre le Cap Meridional et le Baye aux Huitres, construite sur les observations et relevemens d'Avril 1792 et Janvier 1793 par Beautemps Beaupre., 1801 (File 17)

Tracing paper...

Port A.Van Diemen's Land (Rechreche Bay), 1801 (File 18)

Tracing paper, 18 x 21 inches...

Plan d'un port situe dans la partie de la Baye des Tempetes, Nouvelle Hollande … leve par le Sr Jouvency. (Port B, Van Diemen's, in pencil), 1801 (File 19)

Tracing paper 11.5 × 18 inches...

Plan du port C. Leve par M.Jouvenci en 1792, 1801 (File 20)

Tracing paper, 16 × 20 inches...

Plan du port (F) situe dans la patrie Ot du Detroit d'Entrecasteaux. Leve le 15 Fevrier 1793, 1801 (File 21)

Tracing paper, 18 × 21 inches...

A chart of the Friendly Islands being the north western extremity, supposed to be Hamsa, Vavao and Feejee, seen 4 December 1799, March 1801 (File 22)

Copied from a manuscript of Alexander Dalrymple...

A chart of Bligh's Islands by William Bligh, 14 April 1801 (File 23)

With: Land seen by the Hope and Ann, Captain Maitland, 1799, added in pencil...

Charts of Port Hunter, Broken Bay, Port Jackson, Botany Bay and Twofold Bay, by Flinders 10.25 × 2.25 inches (File 24)

Port Lincoln, by Hosmer Shepherd (File 1)

Watercolour, 7.5 x 13 inches

Two icebergs (File 2)

Wash, 2.25 x 10.25 inches

Bay de Tombeau (File 3)

Pencil, 12 x 18 inches

View from the shoulder of the Pause looking towards the sea (File 4)

Pencil, 12.5 x 17 inches

Hut in Mauritius (File 5)

Ink, 12 x 18 inches

Waterfall (File 6)

Pencil, 15 x 11 inches

Foliage, Mauritius (File 7)

Pencil. 12 x 9 inches

Sir Charles Saunders' Island, Society Islands. (View) (File 8)

Ink, 2.5 x 10 inches. On reverse: Hummock Island, Cape St George, part of Wallis Island

Lithographs from views by William Westall, prepared for plates in Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis (File 1-7)

View of Port Louis, Mauritius, by Dureau (File 8)

Lithograph, 6 x 9 inches

View, by John Pye, dated 1812, 1812 (File 9)

Lithograph, 6 x 9 inches

Sir John Franklin. Proof of lithograph (File 10)

Matthew Flinders. Facsimile of his portrait and his parole (File 11-20)

Extract from the Ann & Hope's journal, Captain Maitland, 5 December 1799 - 9 December 1799 (File 1)

Describing Feejee or Bligh Island. 1 sheet.

Letter written by E.Davies, 3rd officer, Warren Hastings, Grand River Prison, 14 July 1806 (File 2)

Describing an action with La Piedmontaise on 24 June 1806. 1 sheet.

Note written by Tore'de Espinosa, to Flinders, 9 May 1811 (File 3)

Giving details of an eclipse of the sun at Port Jackson in 1793, used to determine the longitude of Port Jackson. 1 sheet.

Invitation to a church service, (1 sheet) (File 4)

In French

Mount Table from Mr Brown, (1 sheet) (File 5)

Note on Flinders' service and a press cutting on his death, (2 sheets), 1814 (File 6)

Fragment, referring to a view of Port Lincoln (File 7)

Correspondence with J.J. Shillinglaw about the latter's projected book on Flinders, 1875 - 1880 (Item FLI 101)

Correspondence of W.F. Petrie and Mrs Petrie mainly letters received with some draft replies, mostly about Flinders and material on his life etc., 1873 - 1880 (Item FLI 102)

Notes on Captain Matthew Flinders, made and collected by Professor Petrie, including newspaper articles relating to Flinders, 1806 - 1912 (Item FLI 103)

Draft for an article by William Flinders Petrie. 'A chapter in the History of Magnetism', list of and notes on the Flinders papers compiled by W.F.P.

A memoir of Captain Flinders, apparently in his wife's handwriting (12p.) (Item FLI 104)

A brief memoir of Captain Flinders, written for his friends by Admiral Smythe. (31p.), c.1845 (Item FLI 105)

A memoir of Captain Flinders written for his daughter, (almost identical with the Brief Memoir of Admiral Smythe), 1800 (Item FLI 106)

(first page missing.)...

Biographical outline of Captain and Mrs Flinders by Elizabeth Tyler, 1852 (Item FLI 107)

(21p.)...

Abridgement of Voyage to Terra Australis, 1861 (Item FLI 108)

Edited by Captain Flinders' daughter, Anne Flinders Petrie (178p.)

Photographs connected with Matthew Flinders including portraits of and monuments to Flinders. (63 photographs) (Item FLI 109)