Various early Dutch explorers ventured into South Australia's western coastline during the 1600s. South Australia could be said to have been discovered in 1627, when Francois Thijssen recorded the first observations of the South Australian coast.
The New South Wales government offered a reward of 10,000 pounds to the first person to find gold.
James Cook was the first European to sight the eastern coast of Australia, which he then named New South Wales. It should be noted, however, that Cook did not discover Australia.
James Cook was neither the first person to discover nor settle Australia.
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No, he sailed first to the southeatsern corner of Australia. The first person that could be said to have discovered the west coast of Australia would be Dirk Hartog in 1616.
Captin Cook wasn't the first to discover Australia it was a lie they discovered it in 1618
The chinese were said to have discovered Australia and everybody thinks that Captian Cook discovered it but really the first people to discover Australia were the Dutch unless you incude the Aborigines in which case they discovered Australia first.
the first person to discover gold was Jams W Marshall.
South Australia's first Parliament was in 1857.
Iverville and Bineville were the first people to discover The Louisiana!
Mount Ararat was likely first discovered by nomadic tribes in ancient times. The first recorded ascent of Mount Ararat was by Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot in 1829, a German scientist who reached the summit.
Edward Hargraves was born in Australia in 1816. He was the first person to discover gold in Australia, which led to the Australian gold rush. During his time, he was considered to be rich.