Rear Admiral Isaac Smith. As a cabin boy he accompanied Captain Cook aboard "The Endeavour" and was the first Englishman to set foot on Australian soil jumping out of the .boat as it reached the shore
Matthew Flinders was the first known European to circumnavigate Australia.
It was Dirk Hartog who was the first European to land on the west coast of Australia.
The first European settlement in Australia was a penal colony.
The first organised selement of Australia by Europeans Came From Britain.
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The very first European settlers in Australia (not including the Aborigines who were the first inhabitants) were a mix of convicts, officers and marines, and free settlers, all of whom came from Britain.
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Sydney Harbour was the site of Australia's first European settlement.
The first European sent to Australia as a penal colony was Captain Arthur Phillip, who led the First Fleet of British convicts to Botany Bay in 1788. He was appointed the first Governor of the new colony, officially named New South Wales. The establishment of the penal colony marked the beginning of European settlement in Australia.
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The first known European to sail to Australia was Dutchman Willem Jansz, who landed on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606. However, it is believed that the Portuguese were the ones who first saw the continent, even though no records of this still exist.
The first recorded European to land in Australia was Willem Jansz/Janszoon, a Dutchman who was seeking new trade routes and trade associates. Commanding the Duyfken, he was the first known European to step foot on Australia's shores, doing so on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula, on 26 February 1606.Official, permanent European settlement in Australia commenced on 26 January 1788.The time between the two events was almost 172 years.