The first European to discover Australia was thought to have been Willem Jansz, a Dutchman who sailed along part of the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606 and landed on Australian soil. James Cook, an Englishman, was the first European to sail along the eastern coast of Australia in 1770. However some historians have found evidence that seems to show that sailors from Portugal sailed along parts of the Australian coast many years before either Willem Jansz or James Cook.
Spanish Explorers.- In the early 17th century one Spanish captain came very close to landing in Australia. Around this time Spain had established colonies in parts of South America and in 1605 a small fleet of three Spanish shies under the command of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros set out from the port of Callao in Peru specifically in search of the unknown south land.
Portuguese Explorers For many years the first Europeanto reach Australia was the Dutchman, Willem Jansz. However there is some evidence that in fact the Portugese may have been known about Australia before anyone else.
Dutch Explorers.- By early 1600s Portugal was losing power in South-East Asia. Holland on the other hand was becoming more powerful and controlled the Dutch East Indies, now called Indonesia.
English Explorers- William Dampier was a pirate who became a sailor when he was a teenager. His boat the Cygnet, traveled the Pacific Ocean, robbing the ships of other countries.
Endeavour Explorations - The Endeavour expedition left Plymouth, England in 1768 with ninety-four men on board. For eight months it sailed, stopping at the Madeira Islands, Rio de Janeiro and Tierra de Fuego for repairs, food and water.
First Fleet Ships.- There were eleven ships in the First Fleet. They were all small ships that included two naval ships, six convict ships and three storeships for supplies.
Second Fleet Ships.- The Lady Juliana was the first ship of the Second Fleet to arrive tat Sydney Cove. By the end of June 1790, four more ships had arrived.
ct ship that had specially built prisoners quarters below the decks. Around 1500 men, women and children sailed in the First Fleet that left on 12 May 1787. Among them weremarines and a handful of other officers who were to administer the colony, and 772 convicts (of whom 732 survived the voyage) who were petty thieves from the London slums.
w colony, and not knowing what would be there. There were eleven ships in the First Fleet with six of them being convi
On August 1786, (sixteen years after Cook had first landed on Australia's east coast) the British government decided to start a convict settlement in New South Wales. This also allowed England to claim Australia and stop France or Spain from taking it. Arthur Phillip was chosen to organise and lead the First Fleet of convicts to Botany Bay. It would have been a difficult task to organise the fleetfor the eigth month voyage to start an entirely ne
So can you say that even though other countries like Spain and Holland were there before, it was not until England sailed those seas that Australia was colonized?
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