European 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...1770Captain James Cook discovers Hervey Bay Region – 18th to 23rd May 1770
" . . . and as we had seen no land to the Northward of it we brought too, not knowing which way to steer, having at this time but little wind, and continued so for the most part of the night. At 2 P.M. we made sail with the wind at South-West, and at daylight saw the land extending as far as North 3/4 East. The point set last night bore South-West by West, distant 3 or 4 Leagues; I have named it Double Island Point, on account of its figure (Latitude 25 degrees 58 minutes South, Longitude 206 degrees 48 minutes West). The land within this point is of a moderate and pretty equal height, but the point itself is of such an unequal Height that it looks like 2 Small Islands laying under the land; it likewise may be known by the white Cliffs on the North side of it. Here the land trends to the North-West, and forms a large open bay,* [* Wide Bay.] in the bottom of which the land appear'd to be very low, in so much that we could but just see it from the Deck...New 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...The ‘Australian Native’ – as Observed by Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook wrote of the 'Australian Native', "The Natives of this Country are of a middle Stature, straight Bodied and Slender limb'd; their Skins the Colour of Wood soot, their Hair mostly black, some Lank and others curled ... There features are far from being disagreeable, and their Voices are soft and Tunable..."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...1786
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