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.
Captain Cook did not find Australia; nor was he a captain at the time when he charted the eastern coast of Australia In 1770. He was still Lieutenant James Cook.
For information on who really discovered Australia, see the related question.
James Cook was born on 27 October 1728. He departed England on 25 August 1768, at the age of 39. He first sighted Australia's eastern coastline in April 1770. Therefore, he was 41 when he reached Australia.
James Cook returned from his first major voyage in July 1771. This was the journey in which he observed and successfully recorded the Transit of Venus, and during which he charted New Zealand and Australia's east coast.
If alive, he would be 282 years old. However he died in Hawaii aged 50.
he was 34
Captain Arthur Phillip was 49 years old when he arrived in Australia. He turned 50 in October of 1788, the year the First Fleet arrived.
James Cook was 42 years old when he first visited Australia.
James Cook was born on 27 October 1728. He departed England on 25 August 1768, at the age of 39. He first sighted Australia's eastern coastline in April 1770. Therefore, he was 41 when he reached Australia.
James Cook returned from his first major voyage in July 1771. This was the journey in which he observed and successfully recorded the Transit of Venus, and during which he charted New Zealand and Australia's east coast.
when he was 32 years old
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If alive, he would be 282 years old. However he died in Hawaii aged 50.
James Cook was 41 when he first reached Australia.
he was 34
Captain Cook's cottage was originally constructed in 1755. That makes it 258 years old in 2013. The cottage was moved to Melbourne in 1938.
Captain James Cook died in 1779. Were he still alive, he would be turning 283 years old in 2011.
captain was actually 42 years old
Jame's cook had six kids but two of them died in the pacific when they were one years old