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Is Australia an Aboriginal name

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No because the aborigines did not bother to name their country as they did not know there were others.

The name Australia is derived from the term Terra Australis Incognita, which was given to the Australian continent before various European explorers filled in the information. It means "Unknown southern land". Australiacomes from Australis, meaning 'south' or 'southern'. The name was actually proposed by explorer Matthew Flinders, an Englishman.

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