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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Discovering Australia
The makassan came to Austalia to fish for sea cucumber (teparg) The also traded doth toboco,axes,knives,rice and gin with -
Jan 1, 1432
Chinse Traders
Chinse Traders began sailing in the area around 400 AD. They sailed in ships called Junks. They were headed to the spice Islands to trade but their sailed into the water of noth of Australia. -
Jan 1, 1520
Portuguese
There is no evictence to prove that the Portuguese made it to Australia. But the Portuguese maps showed the reefs of the great Barrier Reef. -
Willem Jansz ( Janszoon)
Willem Janszoom was the first Europeon to land on Australian soil. He had a ship called Duyfken ( little dove ) Willem sailed from Batavia to New Giunea. Williem was searching for Gold for a Dutch company he reported that the country was full of savage, cruel , black bararians who slew some of his sailors. -
Dirk Hartog
Hartog sailed in ships called Duyfken. Hartog was one of many Dutch captains sailing for Batavia around this time.He was going there to pick up a cargo of spices to take home home to Holland. -
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman was another Dutch explorer. He made 2 voyages to The Great South Land. He sailed from Batavia with 2 ships called the Zeehan and the Heemskerk. He came to map New Holland. He named Tasmania Van Dieman's land. He discovered the Islands of New Zealand. Tasman's crew heard people in the bush and saw smoke from fires. -
Abel Tasman 1st voyage
Abel Tasman was a dutch exploer from Holland. He came from batavia in 2 ships called Zeehaen and Heemskerclk. Tasmans crew heard people in the bush and saw smoke from fires. -
Abel Tasman 2nd voyage
Abel Tasman was sent back to try to map all of New Holland and to make contact with the Indigenous Australians. he couldut find a passage through the torres strait to get to the east coast. -
Makassans
The makassan came to Austalia to fish for sea cucumber (teparg) The also traded doth toboco,axes,knives,rice and gin with Indigenous Australians. -
Willem Dampier
Dampier was a British explorer. He sailed around the world tkree times and explored Austalia's west coast. On his first voyage he sailed in a ship called the Cygnet. He named Cygnet Bay near Broome. Some Aborigines were warlike and shouted and threw spears. Others were friendly. -
William Dampier
In 1699 Dampier commanded the vessell the Roebuck and sailed across the Indian Ocean to New Holland. He used Abel Tasman's charts to navigate. He sailed north along the west coast of Australia and named Shark Bay. He made lots of notes about Australian plants and animals. -
James Cook
Cook sailed in ships called the Endeavour. Cook had both hostile and peaceful meetings with Indigenous Australians. To calculate the distance of Venus from the sun to go to ( Tahiti ) .
