The buried remains of which English explorer of Australia were found in London in January 2019?

Matthew Flinders is correct. In January 2019, archaeologists working on London’s HS2 rail project discovered his remains in St James’s burial ground near Euston, identified by a lead coffin plate. Flinders was the Royal Navy navigator who led the first circumnavigation of Australia (1801–1803) aboard HMS Investigator and helped popularize the continent’s name “Australia.” To remember him, think of Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station and the Flinders Ranges—both named in his honor—and his famous ship’s cat, Trim. His meticulous charts transformed European understanding of Australia’s coastline, making his rediscovery in London a fitting closure to the life of a mapmaker who connected continents.