From the 1600s, the Dutch traders named the western half of the Australia "New Holland".
Australia use to be new holland. they where called new holland because the dutch found it when they accidently crashed into on their way to Indonesia
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New Holland is now called Australia. Specifically, that part of Australia is mostly the state of Western Australia.
Because Dirk Hartog was Dutch, the western half of the Australian continent was called "New Holland".
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It was Dutch, Named after the Dutch province of Holland
New Holland, the western half of the Austalian continent, became Australia by default - a consequence of British colonisation. The name "Australia" was formally adopted for the rest of the continent in 1824, but the New Holland part of the continent was not considered part of Australia until the British formally claimed it in 1829.
Tasmania is a part of Australia exclusively. It is one of Australia's states, and is not shared with any other country. The first Europeans to find Tasmania were Dutch, hence why Australia was called, New Holland. The Dutch have nothing to do with Tasmania any more. After them the British settled Australia.
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Western Australia was known as New Holland in 1788.
The first Europeans to reach Australia's shores, and still maintain records of their visits through the years, were the Dutch. They named the southern continent after their own land of Holland.
In Holland, the Dutch adjective is "Holland's." There is no true adjective for Holland in English. The closest adjective in English is "Dutch," however, that not only applies to Holland but to all of the Netherlands. It is also common to hear "of or from Holland" in English.