James Cook did not discover Australia. He was the first to chart the eastern coast, doing so in 1770, when he was 41 years old, but Australia was first "discovered" by Dutch explorer Willem Jansz in 1606.
Australia's first payable gold was officially discovered in Australia in May 1851.
The first dinosaur discovered in Australia was a small theropod. On 7 May 1903, geologist William Ferguson discovered the claw of the theropod at Cape Paterson in Victoria.
No. Whilst Kangaroo Island was the first region settled in South Australia, it was not discovered first. Kangaroo Island was discovered by Matthew Flinders in 1802. 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 Thijssen recorded the first observations of the South Australian coast.
William Gosse became an explorer in the mid-19th century, specifically during the 1860s. He was appointed as the first Surveyor-General of South Australia in 1859, which allowed him to undertake significant exploration in the region. His most notable expedition occurred in 1873 when he led an exploration of Central Australia, where he famously discovered and named the Alice Springs area.
Major Thomas Mitchell was the explorer who first discovered the rich grazing country of western Victoria in 1836, naming it "Australia Felix".
No. Western Australia was noted first by Portuguese sailors, then formally "discovered" by Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog.
James Cook did not discover Australia. He was the first to chart the eastern coast, doing so in 1770, when he was 41 years old, but Australia was first "discovered" by Dutch explorer Willem Jansz in 1606.
The last country to be discovered is Kosovo, the youngest country in the world because discovered on February 2008 true
Australia's first payable gold was officially discovered in Australia in May 1851.
Dirk Hartog was a Dutch explorer who first explored and landed on the western coast of Australia in 1616. He is known for being the first European to set foot on this part of Australia.
Williem Janszoon was the first explorer to land on the beaches of Australia. This adventure happened in 1606 and he is awarded as one of the people that discovered Europe.
... Asia wasn't discovered like Australia or America, people have lived there longer than they've lived in Europe.
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.
Explorer Edward Eyre discovered the Broughton River in South Australia in 1839. Eyre named it after after William Grant Broughton, the first Anglican Archbishop of Australia.
The British did not discover Australia. Australia was formally discovered by Dutch explorer Willem Jansz in 1606. The first British explorer to land on Australian shores was William Dampier, in 1688 and again in 1699. the Beitish only took an interest in the continent following James Cook's charting of the east coast in 1770.
Amerigo Vespucci. He discovered this around 1499-1500. Notice the resemblence of his first name to "America". He is also thought to be the stem of the name of our country.