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The Australian Aborigines were here first.
The Asian people visited the northern coast regularly for hundreds of years before Europeans set foot on the continent, to collect sea-slugs (trepang), a valued delicacy in Asia.
The first sea explorers were the Portuguese, but no records survive from their journeys.
Willem Jansz/Janszoon was a Dutchman who was seeking new trade routes and trade associates. He became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula, on 26 February 1606.
The first European settlers were convicts and the officers and marines that guarded them and helped to establish the new colony.
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When the First Fleet came to Australia what was it known as?
The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.
The first settlers in Australia normally came from which background?
The first settlers in Australia usually came from an English background.
Where did the soil came from?
the first soil came from australia.
When the first Europeans came to Australia where were the Aborigines living?
Australia
What was the year when convicts first came to Australia?
Convicts first arrived in Australia in January 1788.
Who was first on Australia?
The indigenous people were the first in Australia. They originally came from the Indian sub-continent.
How many ships came to Australia in 1788?
Eleven ships came to Australia with the First Fleet of convicts in 1788.
Who is Australia's first governor?
Australia's first Governor was Captain Arthur Phillip, who came with the First Fleet in 1788.
What European nation first settled Australia?
The first organised selement of Australia by Europeans Came From Britain.
What animals came with the Aborigines when they migrated to Australia?
It is generally accepted that the dingo arrived from Asia with the Aborigines when they first came to Australia.
What was the first city visited in Australia?
When Europeans first came to Australia it had no cities.The first city to be founded in Australia was Sydney, which was founded with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
Which country came first in the Commonwealth Games?
Australia
