Although Willem Jansz was the first to step foot on the Australian continent (in 1606) and James Cook claimed the eastern half of the Australian continent in the name of England in 1770, the first permanent settlement in Australia was founded by Captain Arthur Phillip on 26 January 1788.
First the Portuguese, then the Dutch, the Great Britain.
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Captain Cook claimed Australia for Great Britain in 1770
No . . . Australia is a loyal ally to Great Britain.
James Cook (not yet a captain) claimed New South Wales for Great Britain in 1770.
James Cook claimed Australia for Great Britain.
First the Portuguese, then the Dutch, the Great Britain.
(Lieutenant) James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain in 1770.
When James Cook claimed the eastern half of Australia for Great Britain, he named it "New South Wales", the name still held by one of the states.
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James Cook
James Cook was still a lieutenant and not yet a captain when he named the eastern half of Australia as New South Wales, and claimed it in the name of Great Britain in 1770.
Captain Cook claimed Australia for Great Britain in 1770
James Cook did not "take" Australia. He did, however, claim part of Australia for great Britain. James Cook was the first known European to sail up and chart the eastern coast of Australia, which he claimed for Great Britain under the name of New South Wales.
Australia was claimed by Great Britain and colonized by British prisoners. During the Civil War, Australia was still a remote outpost of Great Britain, with no appreciable effect on the war. Of the British colonies, Canada and Jamaica would have had much more of a bearing on the Civil War due to their proximity.
Australia was once a colony of Great Britain.
it was claimed by Britain, U.S.,Spain,and Russia