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Although a lucrative [[China|Chinese]] market for shells and ''bêche de mer'' (sea cucumber) had encouraged Indonesian fishermen to visit Northern Australia for centuries it was unknown to Europeans until the 1600s, when [[Holland|Dutch]] traders to Asia began to 'bump' into the North Western Coast. Early Dutch impressions of this extremely harsh, dry country were unfavourable, and Australia remained for them somewhat of a marker sign pointing north to the much richer (and more lucrative) East Indies (modern Indonesia). Deliberate exploration of the Australian coast was then largely taken over by the French and the British. Consequently, place names of bays, headlands and rivers around the coastline reflect a range of Dutch, French, British, and Aboriginal languages.
Although a lucrative [[China|Chinese]] market for shells and ''bêche de mer'' (sea cucumber) had encouraged Indonesian fishermen to visit Northern Australia for centuries it was unknown to Europeans until the 1600s, when [[Holland|Dutch]] traders to Asia began to 'bump' into the North Western Coast. Early Dutch impressions of this extremely harsh, dry country were unfavourable, and Australia remained for them somewhat of a marker sign pointing north to the much richer (and more lucrative) East Indies (modern Indonesia). Deliberate exploration of the Australian coast was then largely taken over by the French and the British. Consequently, place names of bays, headlands and rivers around the coastline reflect a range of Dutch, French, British, and Aboriginal languages.
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In 1770, the expedition of the Endeavour under the command of Captain James Cook navigated and charted [http://airlinetickets2017.com/
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, making first landfall at [[Sydney/Sutherland Shire#History|Botany Bay]] on 29 April 1770. Cook continued northwards, and before leaving put ashore on Possession Island in the Torres Strait off Cape York on 22 August 1770. Here he formally claimed the eastern coastline he had discovered for the British Crown, naming it New South Wales. Given that Cook's discoveries would lead to the first European settlement of Australia, he is often popularly conceived as its European discoverer, although he had been preceded by more than 160 years.
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In 1770, the expedition of the Endeavour under the command of Captain James Cook navigated and charted
'''<u>
[http://airlinetickets2017.com
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/ the east coast of Australia
]
</u>''', making first landfall at [[Sydney/Sutherland Shire#History|Botany Bay]] on 29 April 1770. Cook continued northwards, and before leaving put ashore on Possession Island in the Torres Strait off Cape York on 22 August 1770. Here he formally claimed the eastern coastline he had discovered for the British Crown, naming it New South Wales. Given that Cook's discoveries would lead to the first European settlement of Australia, he is often popularly conceived as its European discoverer, although he had been preceded by more than 160 years.
[[File:PortArthurPenitentiary.jpg|thumb|Part of the former [[Port Arthur (Tasmania)|Port Arthur]] convict settlement in Tasmania. The remains of the settlement form part of the 'Australian Convict Sites' entry on the [[UNESCO World Heritage List]].]]
[[File:PortArthurPenitentiary.jpg|thumb|Part of the former [[Port Arthur (Tasmania)|Port Arthur]] convict settlement in Tasmania. The remains of the settlement form part of the 'Australian Convict Sites' entry on the [[UNESCO World Heritage List]].]]