Blog #13

Australia was discovered and colonized by the Europeans. In 1606 European mariners sailed into unknown waters and and they came across Terra Australis Incognita, which means unknown southern land. The years fallowing this discovered were full of discovery. About 54 European ships were sent to Australia between 1606 and 1770. Many of the 54 ships where Dutch merchant ships for the Dutch East Indies Company, and mainly sail around the Northern, Southern and Western parts of Australia, which was known as New Holland. Years after in 1770, the Eastern coast was explored and taken over by a Englishman named Lieutenant James Cook. King George III of England claimed the Eastern coast, with the help of Cook, and August 22, 1770. This take over started at Possession Island, and was renamed New South Wales. The findings by the English men were later used in the making of a map of the coast of Australia by Flinders in 1814. This Colonization processes is very similar to other colonization processes. It started with one crew running into undiscovered land and ended in a new establishment.


"European discovery and the colonisation of Australia." culture.gov.au 15 Mar 2009 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/australianhistory/