Australia Early Exploration. Australia’s first inhabitants, the Aborigines arrived Scientists do not agree to how these natives arrived First Inhabitants.

AustraliaEarly

Exploration

Australia’s first inhabitants, the Aborigines arrivedScientists do not agree to how these natives arrived

First Inhabitants20,000 – 60,000 B.C.

1. Island hoppers

2. Land Bridge

Luis de Torres

A.D. 1606Spanish explorerSailed through Torres Strait but never landed in Australia

Torres Strait

A.D. 1642Dutch explorerDiscovers TasmaniaNamed it – “Van Diemen’s Land” (after Governor General of Dutch East Indies)

Abel Tasman

Abel TasmanExplored northern coast of AustraliaCalled “New Holland”

Abel Tasman’s 1st Voyage

Abel Tasman’s 2nd Voyage

Orlando Bloom

reminds me of our

next explorer…

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William Dampier1688British NavigatorLands on western shore of AustraliaWrote a book of his exploration of Australia and other areas of the Pacific

William Dampier

Tom Cruise

reminds me of

the next explorer

James Cook1770First to sail east coast of AustraliaLands at Botany Bay Claims land for Great Britain

James Cook’s First VoyageVoyage to Tahiti to observe passage of Venus between the earth and sun1768, set sail from EnglandRio de JaneiroEast coast of Australia (New Holland)West Indies (Indonesia)Across Indian Ocean to Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of Africa)

Return to EnglandArrived in England July, 1771Healthy trip because he developed a way to prevent scurvy….

Eat lots of fruits and vegetables!

Cook’s Second VoyageJuly 1772, left on Resolution and Adventure to find land mass farther southCape Town, South AfricaHeaded south but turned around because of huge masses of ice (within 75 miles of Antarctica)New Zealand (for winter)Sailed again past Antarctic Circle

“No habitable southern continent”Discovered several islands in Pacific

Return To England

Cook’s Third VoyageJuly, 1776 – sailed in search of Northwest PassageSailed around AfricaPassed north and south islands of New Zealand (Cook Strait)Oregon, British Columbia, Alaska, Bering Strait, Bering SeaVoyage halted by Arctic Ice

Cook didn’t return to England

February, 1779Cook returned to Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) to repair mastWas killed by native