When was australia discovered?
When was australia discovered?
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Well in 1606 Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon landed on the island of Kangaroo Island, however it was never established that he had actually discovered it, and Australia wasn’t widely claimed to be discovered until Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia in 1802.
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Who was the first person to live there?
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Well, Aboriginals had been living on the continent for many thousands of years, but the first English colonists arrived in the late 18th century.
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When did Aboriginals move there?
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Aboriginal peoples have lived on the Australian continent for many thousands of years, according to DNA studies. But the Aboriginal peoples are a diverse group, and the dates of various settlements in Australia differ.
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How did Aboriginal people find Australia?
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