What was the Australian flag prior 1901?

Answer 1

Australia was called a lot of things prior to Federation.

Terra Australis Incognita, New South Wales, New Holland, the Colonies and others.

Further information:

Originally, Australia was inhabited by Aborigines who had a grasp on their locality but did not concern themselves with the nature of the whole continent. They are not known to have had a name for the continent.

Once European exploration in the area commenced, Australia was initially known as Terra Australis Incognita, meaning "Unknown Southern land".

From the 1600s, the Dutch traders named the western half of the continent New Holland. But for many years, the continent was still referred to as Terra Australis Incognita on Dutch and Portuguese maps.

When Captain James Cook charted the eastern coast in 1770, he claimed it for England under the name of New South Wales. In between this time, some map-makers of the 1700s called it the Great South Land.

Matthew Flinders was the one who first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824 - which was 36 years after the British arrived.

Answer 2

Originally, Australia was inhabited by Aborigines who had a grasp on their locality but did not concern themselves with the nature of the whole continent. They are not known to have had a name for the continent.

Once European exploration in the area commenced, Australia was initially known as Terra Australis Incognita, meaning "Unknown Southern land".

From the 1600s, the Dutch traders named the western half of the continent New Holland. But for many years, the continent was still referred to as Terra Australis Incognita on Dutch and Portuguese maps.

When Captain James Cook charted the eastern coast in 1770, he claimed it for England under the name of New South Wales. In between this time, some map-makers of the 1700s called it the Great South Land.

Matthew Flinders was the one who first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824 - which was 36 years after the British arrived.

Answer 3

The western portion of the continent was named New Holland. The East was unknown, and therefore not specifically named. However, the continent as a whole was known as "Terra Australis" meaning 'southern land', or even "Terra Australis Incognita", or 'Unknown southern land'.

Answer 4

Australia had numerous old names. None of them referred to the entire continent except for the one given when European exploration of the continent began. Th entire continent was initially known as Terra Australis Incognita, meaning "Unknown Southern land".

Different parts of the continent were named as they were discovered. Initially the Dutch charted much of the western and northern Coastlines and called the land "New Holland" during the 17th century. Later James Cook sailed along the east coast which he named New South Wales. When Captain Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet of convicts to Australia, he was under orders to claim the entire eastern half, including Van Diemen's Land, which had been named by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. So, from 1788, Australia had two distinct halves and two names - New Holland and New South Wales.

Answer 5

Terra Australis

Answer 6

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