Who was the first founder of Australia and in what year did he find it?

Answer 1

There can only ever be one founder - no first, second or third, etc.

The founder of Australia is quite different from the first person who found, or discovered, the continent.

The founder of Australia is considered to be Captain Arthur Phillip, who led the First Fleet of convicts, marines and officers to New South Wales, where they founded the first official European settlement in 1788. Phillip was the first Governor of New South Wales, and he set down the basic laws of the new colony, as well as organising the convicts to clear land, plant crops, build roads and buildings, and do all the things required to establish a settlement.

On the other hand, Willem Jansz, or Janszoon, is credited with being the "discoverer" of Australia, doing so in 1606. Although Aborigines had come to Australia thousands of years earlier, and the Macassans had been visiting its northern shores for centuries, Jansz was the first to take news of Australia (which, admittedly, he thought was part of New Guinea) back to Holland, or the Netherlands.

So it can be seen that the founder of Australia is very different from the one who found it.