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The first European to discover Australia's northern coast is believed to have been Willem Jansz, also known as Willem Janszoon.
Willem Jansz departed for the East Indies on 18 December 1603, commanding the "Duyfken". His task was to seek other trade possibilities. He reached the coast of western New Guinea on 18 November 1605, then crossed the Arafura Sea into the Gulf of Carpentaria, on Australia's north coast. On 26 February 1606, Jansz became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores at the Pennefather River, near where the Queensland town of Weipa now stands, on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula.
Jansz charted 320 kilometres of the coastline before returning to the Netherlands. However, he was of the opinion that his landing point was part of New Guinea, and Dutch maps reflected this error for many years.
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∙ 14y agoJames Cook was a Lieutenant when he charted (not discovered) the east coast of Australia in 1770.
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When was the east coast or Australia discovered?
The east coast of Australia was first explored by Captain James cook in 1770.
What ship discovered australia?
The ship that discovered Australia was called the Duyfken and came from Holland. This Dutch vessel sighted Australia's coast in 1606.
What did lief erikson call the land he discovered?
He discovered North America.
How old was Captain Cook when he discovered Australia?
James Cook did not discover Australia. He was the first to chart the eastern coast, doing so in 1770, when he was 41 years old, but Australia was first "discovered" by Dutch explorer Willem Jansz in 1606.
Did Captain Cook discover Western Australia?
No, he sailed first to the southeatsern corner of Australia. The first person that could be said to have discovered the west coast of Australia would be Dirk Hartog in 1616.
When was the east coast or Australia discovered?
The east coast of Australia was first explored by Captain James cook in 1770.
What ship discovered australia?
The ship that discovered Australia was called the Duyfken and came from Holland. This Dutch vessel sighted Australia's coast in 1606.
What is the name of the huge coral formation on the north coast of Australia?
There is no huge coral formation on the north coast of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is a 2300 km long coral reef off the northeastern coast of Australia.
Where did Cody Simpson live in Australia?
Cody lived on the Gold Coast in Australia and attended All Saints school before he was discovered on YouTube by Shawn Campbell
When was Willem Janszoon born?
he discovered the coast of queensland (Australia)
Off the coast of which country would you find the Gulf and Carpentaria?
The Gulf Of Carpentaria is of the north coast of Australia Between the north western coast of Queensland and the north eastern coast of the Northern Territory
The Ningaloo Reef is off what coast of Australia?
Ningaloo Reef is off the coast of Western Australia. The reef is just off the coast of North West Cape.
What did Abel Tasman do in 1644?
He mapped the north coast of Australia.
What did lief erikson call the land he discovered?
He discovered North America.
Was the discovery of Tasmania different to the discovery of Australia?
Yes, the discovery of Australia and Tasmania by the Europeans was quite different. Cape York, in Australia's far north, was first discovered by Willem Jansz in 1606, although he believed it to be part of New Guinea at the time. The west coast of Australia was next to be discovered, by Dirk Hartog, who made his discovery in 1616. James Cook is wrongly credited with discovering Australia. Cook was the first European explorer to sail up the east coast of Australia, doing so in 1770. Meanwhile, Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's Land, later renamed Tasmania, in 1642.
What did James Cook and Charles Sturt and Edward John Eyre discover?
Three different people: many different discoveries. James Cook: * The Hawaiian Islands * Cook was the first to sight and chart Australia's east coast, but he did not discover Australia * Cook was the first to circumnavigate New Zealand, but he did not discover it Charles Sturt: * Sturt discovered that the Murrumbidgee River flows into the Murray River * He discovered that the Darling River flows into the Murray * He discovered that the Murray flows to the southern coast * He explored and discovered parts of what is now called the Simpson Desert Edward Eyre:* Eyre discovered Lake Hindmarsh and Mount Remarkable in South Australia * He discovered excellent countryside just north of Adelaide and rich, alluvial soil around what is now Hutt River * Eyre was the first to make the crossing from South Australia's coast to Albany in Western Australia: in doing so, he discovered what the interior of Australia and the Nullarbor Plain looked like
Australia has pearls where?
Along the north coast of the continent, Western Australia, The Nothern Teritory and Queensland
