Important Events In Australia By Hall0111 48,000 BCE Aboriginal people 1606 Dutch explorers explores western and southern coast of Australia and called it new holland 1697 William Dampier was the first English man to visit Australia 1770 Captain cook exploring and landed on the east coast of Australia and claimed it as British soil 1770 Captain cook explored the Torres Strait also claimed British land 1784 Marta made decision that conflicts should e used as settlers 1790 Second fleet arived 1791 Third fleet arrived 1793 First free settlers arrived in NSW
