Published on
Jan 13, 2025
Matthew Flinders’ lead coffin plate completes voyage from underground London to South Australia
The small sheet of lead, which once adorned a coffin that was lost under London for 200 years, now sits in a slick new building in central Adelaide. “Capt. Matthew Flinders RN, died 19 July 1814, aged 40 years,” it says, the ornate writing legible despite …
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The Guardian
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