Movie Details
Original Language:English
A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
StarringEdward Woodward
DirectorAntony J. Bowman
45 minDocumentary
Plot
A documentary style drama depicting the life and times of one of Australia's greatest explorers. Matthew Flinders was the first man to circumnavigate the vast island continent known in the 18th century as New Holland. However few people are aware that he was also the first person to formally name it Australia.
