| Matthew Flinders' Cat | |
| Author: | Bryce Courtenay |
| Subject: | Australian fiction, homeless persons |
| Genre: | Adult fiction |
| Set In: | Sydney |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Australia Ltd |
| Pub Date: | 2002 |
| Isbn: | 0670910619 |
Matthew Flinders' Cat is a 2002 novel by Bryce Courtenay, published by Viking Press. It records the relationship between a homeless former lawyer and alcoholic, and a young skateboard riding boy with a troubled background, who slowly bond over tales of Matthew Flinders and "Trim", the ship's cat who travelled with him on his voyages to circumnavigate Australia.