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william dampier was an explorer his misson was to explore new holland when it was discovered.he was born on the 5 of setember
1651 and died in the early 1715s -
captin james cook first sighted australia in 1788 when he meet some of the aborigianals and the thought he was a god and when he left australia to find more land but came back to australia
the aboriginals found out the were not gods the stabed him.
he was born on 7 of november 1728 and died on the 14 of february 1779. -
matthew flinders was also a famous explorer that explored new holland.he was born on the 16 of march 1774 and died on the 19
of july 1814 -
george bass and mattew flinders found hobart in 1798 and george bass named the path he travelld across he named it bass strait.he died on the 5th of february
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i am not sure about the exacet date of the gold rush