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In 1770 James Cook claimed the whole of the easternseaboard of the continent, naming it New South Wales. The Western half of the continent was still named New Holland (the original designation by the Dutch), remaining unclaimed by the British until 1826, when Edmund Lockyer made an official claim on Britain's behalf.

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