When were kangaroos discovered?

Answer 1

Aborigines have known about the koala for thousands of years.

The first known European to record the appearance of the koala is believed to have been during the command of Governor John Hunter, on 26 January 1799. Hunter had sent an expedition to the Blue Mountains, during which John Price, one of Hunter's free-servants reported on a previously unsighted, "sloth-like" animal which the Aborigines called a "cullawine".

Note that it was 11 years after the arrival of the First Fleet that the koala was even seen, because its camouflage is so effective.

Answer 2

Technically, kangaroos were discovered thousands of years ago when the first Aborigines arrived in Australia.

Kangaroos were first noted by Europeans when James Cook's ship, Endeavour, ran aground near today's Cooktown as a result of being damaged on the Great Barrier Reef. This occurred in June 1770.

The ship took nearly two months to be repaired, and this gave Sir Joseph Banks, ship's botanist, plenty of time to make observations and drawings of the native wildlife. This was when Banks managed to communicate with the local Aborigines well enough to record the name of the kangaroo as gangurru. The first actual recorded sighting was on 14 July 1770 when a crewman shot one of the animals and brought it back to the main camp for examination.

Answer 3

Koalas were not discovered until about 11 years after the arrival of the First Fleet and the start of European settlement in Australia. Governor Hunter sent out an exploration party up the Parramatta River in 1799, and it was this party which first reported a "sloth-like" animal in the gum trees.

Answer 4

It is are to say that, whether the question prefers to aboriginal or European discovery, the koala was first discovered somewhere on the eastern mainland of Australia.

If the question refers specifically to the European discovery of the koala, this occurred in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, which was the first settlement in Australia.

The first known European to record the appearance of the koala is believed to have been during the command of Governor John Hunter, in January 1799. Hunter had sent an expedition to the Blue Mountains, during which John Price, one of Hunter's free-servants reported on a previously unsighted, "sloth-like" animal which the Aborigines called a "cullawine".

Answer 5

It is not known where Australia's first people, the indigenous Australians, found the first koala. However, the first koala to be found by Europeans was in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

The first known European to record the appearance of the koala is believed to have been during the command of Governor John Hunter, on 26 January 1799. Hunter had sent an expedition to the Blue Mountains, during which John Price, one of Hunter's free-servants reported on a previously unsighted, "sloth-like" animal which the Aborigines called a "cullawine".

Note that it was 11 years after the arrival of the First Fleet that the koala was even seen, because its camouflage is so effective.

Answer 6

Aborigines have known about the koala for thousands of years.

The first known European to record the appearance of the koala is believed to have been during the command of Governor John Hunter, on 26 January 1799. Hunter had sent an expedition to the Blue Mountains, during which John Price, one of Hunter's free-servants reported on a previously unsighted, "sloth-like" animal which the Aborigines called a "cullawine".

Note that it was 11 years after the arrival of the First Fleet that the koala was even seen, because its camouflage is so effective.

Answer 7

Aborigines had known about the koala for thousands of years, and used it as a source of food.

The koala was first found by Europeans on 26 January 1799.

Answer 8

The aboriginal people, who where inhabiting Australia, long before the arrival of the white man, must have discovered the koala first!