Australia
1770
(Lieutenant) James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for Great Britain in 1770.
No explorer discovered most of Australia in 1770. Australia had been "discovered" over 150 years earlier by the Dutch. However, Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain) charted the east coast in 1770.
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James Cook never settled in Australia. After charting the eastern coast of the continent in 1770, he returned to England. During his life, he made two more significant voyages, but his home remained in England.
Yes he did in 1770
1770
Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook reached the eastern coast of Australia in April 1770. He first sighted and named Point Hicks on the southeastern coast, and gradually moved northwards.
1770 is regarded as a significant year for Australia because it was when James Cook (not yet a captain) became the first known European to sail up the eastern coast, charting it as he went. Because of Cook's favourable reports, this region which he claimed for England under the name of New South Wales, was recommended for settlement. (For this reason, Cook is often wrongly credited with "discovering" Australia.)
James Cook reached Australia's eastern coast in 1770, claiming the eastern half of the continent for England.