Who discovered Austrailia?

Question

just wondering

Answer 1

it was never lost

Answer 2

There is some evidence of trade between the islands of Indonesia and northern Australia well before white men came into the area.

Willem Janszoon, a Dutch explorer sighted Cape York in 1606. Dirk Hartog explored parts of the west coast in 1616. Other Dutch explorers explored the west coast in the early 17th century, and Abel Tasman discovered southern Tasmania in 1642.

Captain Cook didn't arrive until over 150 years after Janszoon and a large portion of the country's west coast had been explored before then.

Answer 3

Recent archaeological discoveries made by certain Sydney Universities.. have uncovered evidence of Australia's ancient inhabitants being of a Persian or Pheonician origin. Along with the Chinese so...

In truth with the above evidence in which some small Pyramids have been discovered along Australia's coast along with a temple and with large tablets engraved with Persia's ancient sun symbols - I can go on there is mounting evidence being held at the moment under intense study (serious go ask Sydney Macquarie University about it if interested it's being held under wraps untill it's fully excavated!!!!!!)

The true inhabitants of ancient Australia is ANYONE's guess.

Answer 4

John Howard

Answer 5

This is like asking " Who discovered America?"

It depends on which culture/region/country your in for the story but it won't cover who was really there first.

So you can say as far as anyone can claim the Natives discovered it before anyone else (even though someone might have discovered it before them,.. it's just they are currently the most proven).

I can not spell Abereganeese.

Answer 6

the original aboriginals who settled in the atherton tablelands region near cairns, these aboriginals who were pygmies by current aboriginal standards, their origins are unclear but it is believed they arrived here via the land bridge somewhere between 300-500 years before the current aboriginals, and when the current aboriginals were well estanblished were subsequently hunted and massacred til they were wiped out.

What we currently terms as aboriginals arrived via the land bridge and are widely thought to have origins in the india region

the first europian was able tasman a dutch man, manily navigated the west coast of australia.

the first english man was capatin james cook.

australia was settled as a british colony in 1788.

Answer 7

The real answer that your looking for is Willem Janszoon, a Dutch explorer. Thought James Cook was the first to really scope it out.

Answer 8

contrary to popular belief it was not England, nor the Dutch, seems the Chinese came here a long time before, but the Aboriginals were the first, probably about 70,000 years ago.

Answer 9

Dirk van Hartog,

Answer 10

the British used it as a prison for convicts....now its one of the coolest countries in the world !

Answer 11

The aborigines.