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135 years ago, Australia was called Australia. This became its official name in 1824. Prior to that, the eastern part was named New South Wales and the western portion was known as New Holland.
William Dampier, (1651 to 1715) was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of Australia, (Which was called New Holland in those days), and New Guinea. He was the first person to circumnavigate the world three times.
New South Wales was the name of the eastern half of the Australian continent which had been claimed by James Cook for England. New Holland was the name of the western half of the continent. Van Diemen's Land was the name of the island now known as Tasmania, Australia's island state.
The ship that discovered Australia was called the Duyfken and came from Holland. This Dutch vessel sighted Australia's coast in 1606.
Australia use to be new holland. they where called new holland because the dutch found it when they accidently crashed into on their way to Indonesia
New Holland is now called Australia. Specifically, that part of Australia is mostly the state of Western Australia.
From the 1600s, the Dutch traders named the western half of the Australia "New Holland".
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New Holland, the western half of the Austalian continent, became Australia by default - a consequence of British colonisation. The name "Australia" was formally adopted for the rest of the continent in 1824, but the New Holland part of the continent was not considered part of Australia until the British formally claimed it in 1829.
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