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History of Port Lincoln

Visited and named by Matthew Flinders in 1802, after his home of Lincolnshire, Port Lincoln is yet another Australian town that remembers this explorer. Flinders was looking for fresh water during his visit, which lasted several weeks. He eventually located some, which enabled him to continue his voyage into the Spencer Gulf. He lost eight of his crew in a rowing boat while going ashore here. The boat was found but the bodies of the crew never were. The cape at the tip of Lincoln National Park is called Cape Catastrophe after the event, and the surrounding islands named after each of the lost crewmen.

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