Yes. Australia had been known by this name since 1824. Matthew Flinders was the one who suggested the name "Terra Australis" and this became Australia, the name officially adopted in 1824.
When Captain Cook charted the eastern coast of Australia in 1770, it never occurred to him to call it Eastern Australia, because the name "Australia" had not even been thought of yet. He named it New...
The name Australia comes from the Latin term 'terra australis incognita', meaning "unknown southern land", because for so long the continent of Australia was theorised, but not realised. Matthew...
You'll have to be a bit more specific if you want the question answered. In what sense do you mean for Australian's to rely on Australia itself for???Economically??? Socially?? As in Natural...