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Captain Matthew Flinders single work   poetry   "An art-wrought monument of stone"
Issue Details: First known date: 1925... 1925 Captain Matthew Flinders
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A memorial to British explorer, Captain Matthew Flinders, with acknowledgement to his endeavours and to a monument erected in his memory.

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    y separately published work icon The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII no. 307 November 1925 Z1659488 1925 periodical issue children's 1925 pg. 150-151
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    • With introduction (unattributed) that explains Flinders's history and the rationale for the monument to be erected in the grounds of the Anglican Church facing Swanston Street.
    • With photograph: 'Bronze Statue of Flinders, Melbourne', "the last completed work of the gifted Victorian sculptor, Mr. C. Web Gilbert' [Charles Marsh Web Gilbert (1867-1925)].
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