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Where was Flinders' grave discovered?

  • Near Euston railway station

  • Westminster Abbey

  • St. Paul's Cathedral

  • Greenwich

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Near Euston railway station is where Flinders' grave was discovered. Matthew Flinders was an English navigator and explorer who circumnavigated Australia and charted much of its coastline. He died in London in 1814 and was buried in an unmarked grave in St James's Gardens, which is now part of Euston Square Gardens. His grave was rediscovered in 1999 during the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
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