Who was the first englishman to discover ausralia?

Answer 1

Dutch sailor Dirk Hartog is generally credited with sighting and landing on the west coast of Australia in 1616. There is evidence that others saw and landed on Australia even earlier, but probably did not realise it.

Answer 2

There is no straightforward answer to this question.

Australian Aborigines made it to Australia anywhere between 6,000 and 50,000 years ago.

The Asian people visited the northern coast regularly for hundreds of years before Europeans set foot on the continent, to collect sea-slugs (trepang), a valued delicacy in Asia. Again, no records exist of who, exactly, first saw the land.

It is believed that the Portuguese were the first to sight the Australian continent, but there are no records within Portugal itself to substantiate the claim. No individual is given credit for discovering the continent. .

Willem Jansz/Janszoon was a Dutchman who was seeking new trade routes and trade associates. Commanding the Duyfken, he became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores on the western shore of Cape York Peninsula, on 26 February 1606.

Answer 3

William Dampier, captain of the Dutch privateer the Duyfken.