The Arrival of Australia’s Aborigines
Australia, Historical POI - Central NSW, Historical POI - Central QLD, Historical POI - Central VIC, Historical POI - Eastern VIC, Historical POI - Mid QLD Coast, Historical POI - North Central VIC, Historical POI - North East QLD Coast, Historical POI - North Eastern NSW, Historical POI - North Western VIC, Historical POI - Northern QLD, Historical POI - Northern Territory (NT), Historical POI - South Australia (SA), Historical POI - South East QLD Coast, Historical POI - South Eastern NSW, Historical POI - South Western QLD, Historical POI - South Western VIC, Historical POI - Tasmania (TAS), Historical POI - Western Australia (WA), Historical POI - Western NSW, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, The Evolution of Australia (previously New Holland), Victoria, Western AustraliaTiming of the arrival of Australia's Aborigines will forever remain undefined. Estimates range anywhere from some 30,000 to 68,000 years BC !!! The enormity of this expanse in time is barely comprehensible and yet, within a few short decades of the arrival of the European to settle their great island home during the late 1700's to mid 1800's, Australia's Aborigines would experience a decline that pushed them to near extinction. Their plight continues to this very day as they battle for their ancient way of life, their land, their culture...0100European Impact on Australia . . .
Australia, Discovering Terra Australis, Historical POI - Central NSW, Historical POI - Central QLD, Historical POI - Central VIC, Historical POI - Eastern VIC, Historical POI - Mid QLD Coast, Historical POI - North Central VIC, Historical POI - North East QLD Coast, Historical POI - North Eastern NSW, Historical POI - North Western VIC, Historical POI - Northern QLD, Historical POI - Northern Territory (NT), Historical POI - South Australia (SA), Historical POI - South East QLD Coast, Historical POI - South Eastern NSW, Historical POI - South Western QLD, Historical POI - South Western VIC, Historical POI - Tasmania (TAS), Historical POI - Western Australia (WA), Historical POI - Western NSW, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, The Evolution of Australia (previously New Holland), Victoria, Western AustraliaThe arrival of the Europeans in the late 18th Century led to the colossal and brisk decline of the Aboriginal people of Australia...1770New South Wales – Proclaimed
Australia, Discovering Terra Australis, Historical POI - Central NSW, Historical POI - Central QLD, Historical POI - Central VIC, Historical POI - Eastern VIC, Historical POI - Mid QLD Coast, Historical POI - North Central VIC, Historical POI - North East QLD Coast, Historical POI - North Eastern NSW, Historical POI - North Western VIC, Historical POI - Northern QLD, Historical POI - Northern Territory (NT), Historical POI - South Australia (SA), Historical POI - South East QLD Coast, Historical POI - South Eastern NSW, Historical POI - South Western QLD, Historical POI - South Western VIC, Historical POI - Tasmania (TAS), Historical POI - Western Australia (WA), Historical POI - Western NSW, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, The Evolution of Australia (previously New Holland), Victoria, Western AustraliaHaving satisfied myself of the great Probability of a passage, thro’ which I intend going with the Ship, and therefore may land no more upon this Eastern coast of New Holland, and on the Western side I can make no new discovery, the honour of which belongs to the Dutch Navigators, but the Eastern Coast from the latitude of 38 degrees South down to this place, I am confident, was never seen or Visited by any European before us; and notwithstanding I had in the Name of his Majesty taken possession of several places upon this Coast, I now once More hoisted English Colours, and in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third took possession of the whole Eastern coast from the above latitude down to this place by the Name of New Wales, together with all the Bays, Harbours, Rivers, and Islands, situated upon the said Coast; after which we fired 3 Volleys of small Arms, which were answer’d by the like number from the Ship - Captain James Cook - 22 Aug 1770...Dutch Claims to Australia
AN opposition to the intended settlement of Botany Bay has been lately started from a quarter from which it was little expected. The Dutch have always claimed the sovereignty of it by the right of discovery, a right which has been greatly respected by the different powers of Europe; and we are credibly informed that his Excellency the Baron de Leyder, the Dutch ambassador to our Court, has received orders to remonstrate with our Ministers, in the name of the States-General, against our regular planting of a territory which they assert belongs to another country...1786The ‘First Fleet’ Voyage
Aus Shipping, Australia, International Shipping, The Evolution of Australia (previously New Holland)On the 1st of November one of the Lady Penrhyn's women, a convict, fell overboard, but was saved by our boat. The next day we had the further satisfaction of preserving some Dutch seamen belonging to an East Indiaman, whose boat had overset in a gust of wind and was lost...
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