[DOC] [TLE] European exploration of Australia - Wikipedia [PAR] The European exploration of Australia was the exploration of Australia by 
Europeans or white explorers, encompassing several waves of seafarers and 
land explorers. The first documented encounter was that of Dutch navigator 
Willem ... For some time it had been thought he discovered Australia, but the 
place he landed... [DOC] [TLE] History of Australia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] People have lived in Australia for about 40,00060,000 years. ... They lived in all 
parts of Australia. ... Aboriginal art started at least 30,000 years ago and there are 
lots of Dreaming ... In 1606 the first European, Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon (
15711639), visited ... He called it New South Wales, and claimed it for Britain. [DOC] [TLE] History of Australia - Wikipedia [PAR] Other European explorers followed until navigator Lieutenant James Cook 
claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain in 1770, without conducting 
negotiations... [DOC] [TLE] Discovery of Australia - Who Discovered Australia & When? [PAR] Was it the Aborigines, Indonesians, Portuguese, Dutch or British? ... So he 
figured that there had be a land, yet unknown to Europeans, somewhere below 
the Indian Ocean to balance the top half of the world that he lived in. So he .... He 
claimed the land for Britain (even though the land already occupied by the 
Aborigines). [DOC] [TLE] Before the British: Early visitors to Australia, Australia before 1788 ... [PAR] Indigenous people were living all over Australia and its islands, and using its 
land ... Australia had been visited for centuries by Dutch, French, Macassan, Arab
, and ... visited for hundreds of years prior to the arrival of Captain Cook in 1770. 
... He was the first European to record the sighting of the Australian mainland at 
the... [DOC] [TLE] First contact with Europeans, Contact with Europeans: The Effects ... [PAR] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples inhabited the land of Australia for ... 
on the land, therefore they did not disturb the Indigenous people already there. ... 
also discovered the west coast of Australia, but like the Dutch navigators he did ... 
During 1770, Captain James Cook, a British Lieutenant, landed his ship the... [DOC] [TLE] European discovery of Australia - School A to Z [PAR] In 1629, the Dutch ship the Batavia made history when it struck coral reefs on the 
Houtman ... Under direction from King George III of England, Captain Cook was 
given ... On 22 August 1770, he claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia at 
... there were more than 250 tribes of Aboriginal people living on the land, each... [DOC] [TLE] European discovery and the colonisation of Australia | australia.gov.au [PAR] Mar 31, 2015 ... Many of these were merchant ships from the Dutch East Indies Company and ... 
In 1770, Englishman Lieutenant James Cook charted the Australian east ... Cook 
claimed the east coast under instruction from King George III of ... In Britain, as 
convicts, they would have had no rights to bring this case forward. [DOC] [TLE] History - Australian history - Australian Immigration and Visa Services [PAR] The Aborigines first arrived in Australia from somewhere in Asia at least 40,000 
years ... Their successful adaptation to a wide range of environments had 
enabled the ... sighting the west coast of the island now known as Tasmania, but 
which he ... in the north where, on August 23, he claimed the region for Great 
Britain and... [DOC] [TLE] French Explorers and the Aboriginal Australians ... - H-Net Reviews [PAR] The French Explorers and the Aboriginal Australians 1772-1839. ... or an 
Australian Aboriginal or a New Zealand Maori about how they like living in "their" 
... The Dutch and British had led the way into the modernist political/trading world 
of the .... He claimed it, without ever seeing one tenth of the claim, for the English 
king. [DOC] [TLE] British colonisation unit | Coley White - Academia.edu [PAR] Many Aboriginal groups lived in Australia prior to colonization. ... In 1770 Captain 
James Cook sailed along the East Coast of Australia and this lead to ..... because 
they were already set up

Question: The Dutch had already sighted Australia, & Aborigines lived there, when he claimed it for England in 1770
Answer: Captain James Cook