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What is the name of the small continent in the southern and eastern hemisphere?
The small continent in the southern and eastern hemisphere is called Australia.
What was Australia first called by Captain Phillip?
Captain Phillip referred to Australia by the name accorded the eastern half by James Cook - and that was New South Wales.
What name did the British originally give to eastern Australia?
In 1770, James Cook claimed the eastern side of Australia for England under the name of New South Wales.
What Was Australia's first name 135 Years Ago?
135 years ago, Australia was called Australia. This became its official name in 1824. Prior to that, the eastern part was named New South Wales and the western portion was known as New Holland.
When did James Cook first sight Australia?
James Cook first sighted the eastern coast of Australia in April 1770.
What year were the convicts transported to the eastern states?
Convicts were first transported to Australia's eastern coast in 1788.
Name two deadly snakes in Australia?
The Taipan and the Eastern Brown
What is the name given to half of the Earth that includes Africa asia australia europe and their waters?
The Eastern Hemisphere, or Eastern hemisphere, or eastern hemisphere.
Why did captain cook call Australia Australia?
Captain Cook did not call Australia Australia. He gave the name of New South Wales to the eastern coast of the continent. Matthew Flinders, who was the first known European explorer to circumnavigate the Australian continent in 1802, is credited with assigning the name 'Australia' to this continent although it did not immediately receive universal approval. He first proposed the name "Terra Australis" be adopted instead of "New Holland", the name by which the Dutch knew Australia, or "New South Wales", which Cook had named the eastern half when he claimed it for England. In 1814 when Flinders published his work 'A Voyage to Terra Australis', he used the term 'Australia' within the book. Around 1818, Governor Lachlan Macquarie, arguably the most influential man in Australia at the time, also requested that the name "Australia" be officially ascribed. The name 'Australia' was formally adopted in 1824.
Why was the First Fleet's arrival a colonization?
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.
Name the continents in the eastern hemisphere?
Four of them are: Europe, Asia, Australia, and the sub-continent of India
What sea captain first took possession of Australia in the name of Great Britain?
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.
