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Traders from Portugal are believed to have been the first to sight the Australian continent.

The Dutch (natives of Holland) were the first recordedEuropeans to explore Australia.

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No country ever migrated to Australia. All countries have stayed exactly where they are. Only the people of a country can migrate.

Officially, it was the the people of Great Britain who were the first to migrate.

In reality, the first migrants were the indigenous people who 'migrated', coming from the Indian subcontinent.

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The aboriginals because they walked from Asia across Landbridges and discovered Australia.

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