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James Cook claimed Australia for the British Crown on 22 August 1770. He landed at Possession Island in Torres Strait in order to make the formal claim.

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James Cook (not yet a captain) claimed the eastern half of the Australian continent for England, and named it New South Wales, in 1770.

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