When Australia Was Discovered?
While Indigenous Australians Have Inhabited the Continent for Tens of Thousands of Year's, and Traded with Nearby Islanders, the First Documented Landing on...
While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606. The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300 km of coastline.
When was Australia first discovered?
On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia.
Who actually discovered Australia?
The first known landing in Australia by Europeans was in 1606 by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon.
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