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Exploring Australia Timeline Cards

From the 1400s to 1901. Portugal and Spain sent out Portuguese explorer, explorers to search for sea Bartolomeu Dias, sails to the routes to India and South- southern tip of Africa. He East Asia. They were believes it is possible to sail looking for these places as to India, if you sail north they were rich in spices. along the east coast of Africa.

1400s to 1500s 1487-1488

Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama with his four After crossing the jungles of ships, travels along the east Central America, Spanish coast of Africa, getting as explorer, Vvasco Nunez de far north as Malindie. He Balboa discovers the ‘South then makes the first sea Sea’ which has never been crossing from Europe to seen by Europeans before. India.

1497-1499 1513

Ferdinand Magellan sails While searching for a ‘land across the South Sea and of gold’, Alvaro de renames it the Pacific Saavedra discovers the Ocean. He was attempting to northern coast of New find a westward route to the Guinea. East Indies.

1519-1521 1528-1529

The Dutch East India Portuguese explorer, Pedro Company sent out Williem Fernandez de Quiros Janszoon to look for gold in discovers the islands of the southern region of New Vanuatu which he believes is Guinea. Eight of his crew part of a continent that were speared, so he set of extends south of New along the east coast of New Guinea. Guinea.

1605 1605

Pedro Fernandez de Quiros’s Willem Janszoon’s ship hit second in command, Spaniard shallow waters, forcing it to Luis Vaez de Torres gets sail south. He loses sight of separated from the rest of the land, and when he finds it fleet. He ends up sailing in the again, he has reached what we narrow strait between New now call Cape York Peninsula. Guinea and Australia, not He makes the first recorded realising how close he had come to discovering Australia. European landing on the coast of Australia.

1606 1606

Around the middle of 1060, Luis Vaez Torres approaches Dirk Hartog’s ship, from the east, finding the Eendracht, accidently hits the entrance to Torres Strait. He west coast of Australia. reports seeing hills but believes they belong to a group of islands. The Spanish authorities keep this discovery a secret.

1606 1616

The crew of the Eendracht, Dirt Hartog’s ship, planted a Captain Haevick Claeszoon post on the cliffs of what is aboard the Dutch ship now known as Dirk Hartog Zeewolf, sights part of the Island. They charted the Western Australian coast. He Western Australian coast as is not sure if it is a series for as North West Cape of islands or part of a which became known as continent. Eendrachtsland.

1616 1618

The crew aboard the Dutch When the English ship Tryall ship Leeuwin, chart a stretch becomes wrecked on a reef of the south-western tip of off the Western Australia Australia. This then becomes coast, the 45 survivors known as Landt van de become the first Englishmen Leeuwin. to see Australia.

1622 1622

The captain of the Gulden The Dutch ship Arnhem Zeepaerdt ship, Francois becomes the first European Thijssen and his crew chart ship to land on the coast of the southern coast of what is now known as Australia all the way to Arnhem Land in the Fowlers Bay. This is further Northern Territory. south than any previous ship has charted.

1623 1627

Tasmania and New Zealand Abel Tasman returns and are discovered by Abel charts the north coast of Tasman. He sent 11 men Australia from Cape York ashore to explore what is Peninsula, Queensland, to now known as Tasmania. North West Cape in Western Specimens of animal poo Australia. were collected.

1642 1644

William Damiper, aboard his Dutch sailor, Willem de ship the Cygnet, anchored in Vlamingh and his three ships King Sound to take notes on explore the west coast of New Holland’s land and the Australia while searching for people. He was the first a ship lost en route to Java. Englishman to take notes on this land.

1688 1696-1697

William Dampier returns to The Dutch captain Maarten New Holland as captain of van Delft explores the the British navy vessel, Cobourg Peninsula, Melville HMS Roebuck. He charts Island and Bathurst Island. the coast from Dirk Hartog Island, Abrolhos Islands to Roebuck bay.

1699 1705

The Dutch ships, Rijder and Lieutenant James Cook leaves Buijs, explore parts of the England on the HM Gulf of Carpentaria and Endeavour, on his mission to Arnhem Land. find the great southern continent.

1756 1768

April 1770, Lieutenant Lieutenant James Cook then James Cooks anchors off the charters the coast from bay that he would name Botany Bay to what is now Botany Bay. known as Cape York. He claims the land for England and names it New South Wales.

1770 1770

Tobias Furneaux, captain of Lieutenant James Cook the Adventure, explores the travels south and actually east coast of Van Diemen’s comes within 120 km of land. He thinks that Bass Antarctica. Due to the sheets Strait is a deep bay and of ice on the water, he is that Van Diemen’s land and forced to turn back, believing New South Wales are joined their in no great southern by land. continent.

1772 1774

In January 1788, Captain Arriving at Botany Bay, Arthur Phillip leads 11 Captain Arthur Phillip finds ships of convicts and officers, it too shallow to anchor the known as the First Fleet. ships, so the fleet is moved They are headed New South to Port Jackson. Phillip Wales to build a penal names this settlement Sydney settlement.

1788 1788

Marine officer, Lieutenant English navy Captain George William Dawes, leads the Vancouver explores an ocean first European expedition in inlet along the southern coast the Blue Mountains, reaching of Western Australia and as far as which we know as names the inlet King George Linden. Sound.

1789 1791

Navy surgeon George Bass sets off in a whaleboat with a George Bass and Lieutenant crew of six to prove there is Matthew Flinders sail a strait separating Van around Van Diemen’s land Diemen’s Land and New to prove that it is an island. South Wales. Lack of food They name the waters forces him to turn back before separating New South Wales he can prove his theory. and the island, Bass Strait.

1797 1798

While exploring the southern Acting Lieutenant John coast, Lieutenant James Murray discovers Port Phillip Grant and the crew of the Bay and spends a month Lady Nelson sight land near surveying it. Mount Gambier.

1800 1802

Lieutenant Matthew Flinders Surveyor Charles Grimes, completes an 18 month aboard the Cumberland, circumnavigation of New visits Port Phillip Bay and South Wales, Van Diemen’s discovers the entrance to the Land and New Holland, Yarra River. proving that New South Wales and New Holland are part of the same continent.

1803 1803

Lieutenant Governor William Charles Grimes surveys an Paterson of Van Diemen's overland route from Port Land, explores the Tamar Dalrymple to Hobart. River and the North Esk River.

1804 1807

Drought hit Sydney, so Gregory Blaxland, Lawson, Wentworth, Blaxland, William Lawson, Burns and crew reach the top William Charles Wentworth, of Mount Blaxland and James Burns with 3 convicts, glimpse fine grazing country. 5 dogs, 4 horses and food for They are granted 4 square 6 weeks, set off to cross the kilometres of new land as a Great Dividing Range looking reward from Governor Lachlan for farming land. Macquarie.

1813 1813

Surveyor George Evans is sent out by Governor Lachlan Surveyor George Evans and Macquarie to follow the crew discover the Bathurst Plains and the westward- route of Blaxland, Lawson flowing Macquarie River. and Wentworth to explore further inland.

1813 1813

Matthew Flinders publishes A new settlement, the first an account of his inland settlement is ordered circumnavigation of the to be build in what is now continent which he names known as Bathurst Plain. ‘Australia.’ The land George Evans found in 1813.

1814 1815

Surveyor John Oxley leads The New South Wales an expedition to explore Governor Lachlan Macquarie, Moreton Bay. He encounters recommends that to the Pamphlet and Finnegan, two British government that the castaways who have been continent’s official name be living with the Aboriginals Australia. for seven months. They lead Oxley to the Brisbane River.

1817 1823

Governor Thomas Brisbane On their expedition, Hovell asked experienced bush and Hume discovered a explorer Hamilton Hume, a river and named it the sailor and an explorer named Hume River. They were also William Hovell to search for the first Europeans to see rivers South of the known Mount Buffalo and the colony. Australian Alps.

1824 1824

Hovell and Hume ended their Britain officially refers to the journey at Corio Bay, part continent as Australia. of Port Phillip Bay near what is now known as Geelong.

1824 1824

A new penal settlement is Van Diemen’s Land becomes established at Moreton Bay. its own separate colony, no longer officially part of New South Wales.

1825 1825

British army major, Edmund Allan Cunningham discovers Lockyer, founds a military the Gwydir, Dumaresq and base at King George Sound. the Condamine Rivers. In 1832, this settlement is named Albany.

1826 1827

Sturt discovers the inland Charles Sturt and Hamilton rivers of New South Wales Hume discover the Darling flow into the Murray River. River. They try to follow it He also finds that the Murray but run out of food and River empties into Lake fresh water. Alexandrina on the southern coast.

1829 1830

Military officer Collet The colony of South Barker explores St Vincent Australia was founded on Gulf and discovers the inlet land that was once part of which later is known as New South Wales. Port Adelaide.

1831 1834

Van Diemen’s Land farmer, John Batman explores north Major Thomas Mitchell, of Port Phillip. He was G.C. Stapylton and 23 ex- intending to form a convicts and convicts explore settlement on the Yarra, but the land south of the Murray instead, this expedition leads River. to the foundation of Melbourne.

1835 1836

Angus McMillan and Jimmy Gibbu were exploring Edward John Eyre explores south of the Currawang the Flinders Ranges north of Station in New South Adelaide. He discovers Wales. They climbed Mount Mount Arden. Also during McLeod and discovered this year, he discovers a dry Gippsland. salt lake which he names Lake Torrens.

1839 1839

Wylie, a young Minang Polish explorer, Count Pawel man, and Englishman Strzelecki, explores the Edward John Eyre were the Australian Alps. He names first men to walk across the the highest peak Mount Nullarbor Plain. They left Kosciuszko. Fowlers Bay in February 1841, completing their crossing in June 1841.

1840 1841

German Scientist Ludwig Leichhardt led a 5000 While attempting to find an kilometre trek from Darling alternative route to Port Downs, Queensland, to Port Essington, Thomas Mitchell Essington in Northern discovers a river and names Territory. It took him two it the Victoria Stream. months to reach his destination.

1844 - 1845 1845

Edmund Kennedy discovers Augustus and Francis that the Victoria Stream, Gregory explore the land discovered and named by north of Perth Thomas Mitchell, flows south-west into Coopers Creek. He renames the upper part of the Stream with it Aboriginal name, the Barcoo.

1846 1847

Ludwig Leichhardt led another John Septimus Roe leads an expedition, attempting to cross expedition to explore the the continent from east to west southern part of Western – Moreton Bay to Perth. Australia. They travelled They left McPherson’s station south from the Avon River on the edge of the Darling to as far east as Esperance. Downs in April and were never seen again.

1848 1848

The Port Phillip District Assistant surveyor Robert separates from New South Austin leads an expedition Wales to become the colony north-east of the Swan of Victoria. River. He discovers Mount Magnet and follows the Murchison River to the coast near Geraldton.

1851 1854

Van Diemen's land officially Settlers in the north of New changes its name to South Wales separate to form Tasmania. This is done to the new colony of Australia. honour its discovered, Abel Tasman.

1856 1859

Robert O'Hara Burke, John McDouall Stuart and William John Wills, John his party become the first King and Charles Gray reach Europeans to reach the centre the Gulf of Carpentaria. This of the continent. makes them the first Europeans to cross the continent from south to north.

1860 1860

Francis Gregory explores the Ernest Giles, Peter Pilbara region in the north Warburton and William of Western Australia. Gosse lead separate expeditions into the deserts of Western Australia.

1861 1873

John and Alexander Forrest The six colonies of Australia cross central Western officially become the Australia from west to east. Commonwealth of Australia. Each of the colonies now states within the federation.

1874 1901

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