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Why do people think Thomas Cook discovered Australia when it was really the Aborigines?
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No man named "Thomas Cook" is credited with discovering Australia.
James Cook is the man wrongly credited with discovering Australia.
Aborigines had inhabited the continent for thousands of years, and Macassan traders from Asia had been visiting for years to collect sea-slugs, a valued delicacy in Asia, long before the first European sighted the continent. The first recorded European visitor was Dutch explorer Willem Jansz/ Janszoon, who landed on the shores of Cape York Peninsula in 1606.
James Cook was the first to chart the eastern coast, and the first to send back a favourable report on the continent, where previous European explorers had disregarded it as of no value. Because Cook recommended "New South Wales" for settlement, and his views were strongly endorsed by scientist Sir Joseph Banks, Australia came to be considered as a site for a new penal settlement for Britain's convicts. Australia was colonised by the British, and thus the British viewpoint prevailed, dictating that James Cook had discovered the continent which had been known by Europeans for at least 150 years.
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Did the Dutch discover Australia?
The chinese were said to have discovered Australia and everybody thinks that Captian Cook discovered it but really the first people to discover Australia were the Dutch unless you incude the Aborigines in which case they discovered Australia first.
Did the aborigines discovered Australia?
DNA studies show that the aborigines were the first people to separate from the original African ancestors over 70,000 years ago. They have lived in Australia for at least 25,000 years.
Were aborigines one of the first people to live in Australia?
Aborigines were the first people to live in Australia. Archaeological evidence proves this.
Who is famous people form Australia?
Aborigines
Which group is the native people of Australia?
Aborigines.
Aborigines are the indigenous people they were the native people in what country?
Australia
Who were the first people to live in Australia?
Chris Sandow From The South Sydney Rabbitohs.
The outbackers were the first people who lived in Australia?
No. The Australian Aborigines were the first people who lived in Australia.
What cultures have interacted with the aborigines?
Prior to the Europeans arriving in Australia, the Macassans (an Indonesian people) traded with the Aborigines.
The first People to set on Australia was officially the Aboriginals?
Yes. To our knowledge, the first people in Australia were the Aborigines.
What animals did the aboriginals bring to Australia?
The indigenous people of Australia, known as the Aborigines, brought dingoes to Australia.
Which Country are Aborigines indigenous people?
Aborigines are indigenous to Australia. The correct term for Austalia's indigenous people is "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders".
