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Headword Date Article Type
William Jansz leads Dutch expedition to explore the coast of Cape York 1606 Topics Short note
Dirk Hartog lands on west coast of Australia 1616 Topics
Tasman lands in Van Dieman's Land 1642 Topics
William Dampier lands on west coast of Australia 1688 Topics Short note
Abel Tasman's journal of his voyage to Van Diemen's land published in England 1694 Topics
Dampier's A Voyage to New Holland in the Year 1699 1703 Topics Short note
Captain Cook takes British possession of Australia 1770 Topics Short note
James Cook lands in Botany Bay 1770 Topics Short note
George Bass explores the south-east coast of Australia 1797 - 1798 Topics Short note
Australian continent circumnavigated and mapped 1801 - 1803 Topics Short note
Path across the Australian Blue Mountains discovered 1813 Topics Short note
French expedition maps Australia's north-west coast 1818 - 1819 Topics Short note
Exploration of the Darling and Castlereagh Rivers 1828 Topics Short note
Ludwig Leichhardt explores the continent from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land 1844 - 1845 Topics Short note
John McDouall Stuart explores the north of South Australia 1858 - 1859 Topics Short note
Australian Antarctic exploration committee formed 1886 Topics

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