James Cook was born in yorkshire. See related links.
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As far as we know from records, botanist Sir Joseph Banks, who travelled with James Cook in 1769-1770, was the first European to see kangaroos.
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On 19 April 1770, officer of the watch, Lieutenant Zachary Hicks, sighted land and alerted James Cook (not yet a captain, but a lieutenant).
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Yes: James Cook saw the east coast of Australia, and charted it over several months.
James Cook did not discover Australia. He was the first to chart the eastern coast, doing so in 1770, when he was 41 years old, but Australia was first "discovered" by Dutch explorer Willem Jansz in 1606.
There have been numerous people named John James Cook on Australia's electoral rolls (e.g. see link below), but none of them has been famous or significant to Australian history.
James Cook was the first to document the existence of islands south of the Antarctic Circle in 1772. He did not see the continent, which is estimated to be about 150 miles beyond his sightings.
Lucy Skinner James was the first person to see a water flea