James Cook was still a lieutenant and not yet a captain when he named the eastern half of Australia as New South Wales, and claimed it in the name of Great Britain in 1770.
James Cook did not "take" Australia. He did, however, claim part of Australia for great Britain. James Cook was the first known European to sail up and chart the eastern coast of Australia, which he claimed for Great Britain under the name of New South Wales.
When the First Fleet arrived in Australia, it symbolised Great Britain's claim on the eastern half of the continent. Colonisation means settling an area in the name of a particular country (or group), and the First Fleet's arrival meant that Europeans were settling in Australia under the name of Great Britain.
The lawmaking body in Australia is called Parliament just like their British cousins. Australia's legal system is modeled after Great Britain's.
James Cook claimed Australia for Britain under the name of New South Wales at Botany Bay.
The United Kingdom, or to give its full name, 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. The people are British in international law.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain is often abbreviated as: Great Britain Britain The United Kingdom The UK. Many people mistakenly say "England" to mean The United Kingdom.
Great Britain. Perhaps you are thinking of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Loyalist was the name for the colonists who felt a great loyalty to great Britain and the king.
The country is called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The island is called Great Britain.
Great Britain is the name of an island not a country. Do you mean the UK? The name of the country is 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', often abbreviated to 'The UK', 'Britain' or 'Great Britain'. During the Great War Britain was allied with France and Russia against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
SEATO, (Southeast Asia treaty Organization)