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'Kulin Nation country is abundant with waterways essential to the way the traditional owners have lived for more than 40,000 years.

'Those same crucial waterways are where the first ships of European settlers found safe harbour in their trips of exploration.

'What they found would determine the development of Victoria.' (Publication summary)

 'Matthew Flinders was a country boy who wanted to be a sailor. He lived at a time when ocean voyages took months, sometimes years. His life at sea was full of adventure and danger. He was the first to sail all the way around Australia. He drew the first complete map of the continent. Sailing was a dangerous business in Matthew's time that could end in shipwreck, disease or death. He wanted to make it safer for sailors by making his map as accurate as possible.' (Publication summary)