Who later adopted Flinders' suggested name for the continent?
Governor Macquarie
Governor Phillip
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Answer
Governor Macquarie later adopted Flinders' suggested name for the continent, "Australia." Flinders, a British explorer, had proposed the name in 1804, but it was not officially adopted until Macquarie's governorship in 1817. The name "Australia" is derived from the Latin word "australis," meaning "southern," and was chosen to reflect the continent's location in the Southern Hemisphere.
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