Flinders Island
Britishnoun
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Across the Bass Strait in Tasmania state, residents on the northern edge of Flinders Island were told to evacuate from an out of control bushfire.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
“Approaching the northeast coast of Flinders Island in eastern Bass Strait she suffered damage to the hydraulic ram that adjusts the angle of the canting or swinging keel beneath the hull,” the spokesman said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2016
We visited its nesting place near Flinders Island.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
The largest island in the Furneaux group, now called Flinders Island, was not so named by Flinders.
From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott
Some Cormorants nest in company in the Murray swamps, while others retire to a rocky island, such as Storehouse Island, east of Flinders Island, to breed.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
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