who discovered australia
Australia History The first inhabitants of Australia were the Aboriginal people. The history of Australia first began when the European explored the country. Marines from Spain and Portugal accosted the country in the 16th century but they were more attracted to East Africa, Asia and India. The first real explorers of Australia were the Dutch with better sailing ships and more knowledge in the wind system. Australia Flag The Dutch sailor Dirk Hartog was the first known sailor for having explored Australia in 1616. Before Dirk Hartog, another Dutch sailor, Willem Janszoon, discovered Australia in 1606. After the sailor Dirk Hartog the British came along too. In the year 1768 the Captain James Cook from England left his country for an expedition of three years to explore the Pacific which also brought him to Australia. On the 29th of April 1770 he landed at Botany Bay, which is a bay in Sydney. The Port Botany was built in 1930 and now it is a container terminal. The Captain Cook gave th
Many people forget that terra australis or Australia is in fact a Italian word meaning great south land, the fifth continent, land of the holy spirit, before the dutch or the british ever ventured here venetian sailors came to Australia & met the local inhabitants being the aboriginals, this occured in 1450, the italian mariners ventured back to Italy & gave the news to Pope Alexander, because italy was often a ally to spain & spoke similar languages, Pope Alexander annexed terra australis as the property of Spain & one must wonder if the british & spainish wars was actually fought because Pope Alexander gave the fifth continent to Spain, after many years of fighting the spainish armada was badly disabled & the british would declare that the fifth continent would be be a british colony not a spainish colony, Pope Alexander was furious & one must wonder if the church of England broke away from their Roman catholic founders just about the same time as Australia was discovered by italian
