The first British man to come to Australia was William Dampier, who first landed on Western Australia's coast on 4 January 1688.Many people believe James Cook was the first Englishman to come to Australia. He was not.
There have been numerous people named John James Cook on Australia's electoral rolls (e.g. see link below), but none of them has been famous or significant to Australian history.
James Cook, who was not yet a Captain but a Lieutenant, travelled to Australia in the HM Bark Endeavour.
they didn't come to Australia the white people did.
106,254 people are German in Australia
No. Lieutenant James Cook, who was not yet a captain when he first charted the east coast of Australia, was on a mission of both exploration and scientific observation. The convicts arrived in Australia eighteen years after Cook sighted the east coast.
because people discovered new technology and television was just one thing that that people had discovered.
They came to Australia in search for a better life.
The first sight the British had of Australia was barren desert. The first British man to come to Australia was William Dampier, who first landed on Western Australia's coast on 4 January 1688. His reports of Australia were decidedly unimpressive, and he even described the indigenous people as the "miserablest people in the world". Dampier felt the land was flat and unwelcoming, and held no promise for future settlement. This changed after James Cook sighted e eastern coast, which was rich and fertile. Cook saw dense bushland, clear harbours and the prospects for colonisation.
It was brought by English settlers. Captain Cook, who was English, discovered the island and claimed it for England.
Well in 1851 there were about 40,000 chinese in Australia...
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