By Zac Healy

 The perceptions of the early explorers of the land (Australia) were unusaul, strange unique animals, special and intrigued by the landscape.

 The interactions of the early explorers such as Captain Cook, were exploring the vast landscape and also to search great areas to make settlements for the English settlers.

 The impacts of early explorers were very little or minimal, due to the explorers sending out small parties to survey the land in search for settlement areas.

 The Early Explorers had a fascination with the landscape to learn more about the environment such as the beautiful coastlines and lush vegetation surrounding them.

 Captain James Cook was born on October 27,  He was an excellent explorer and navigator and was great at cartography  He joined the Royal Navy in 1755 as a seaman and had ended up as master 4 years later.  Commanded the schooner Grenville then later commanded the Endeavour and surveyed Australia.  In 1767, Cook was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Navy.  Died February 14, 1779 at the age of 51. (

 Born: 14 th August, 1810  Angus was a great explorer and a pioneer pastoralist.  Explored a lot of land in the Gippsland area  Had massacred many Kurnai/Gurnai in the Gippsland  Died: 18 th May, 1865

James cook surveyed the south-eastern coast of the Australian continent on 19 April 1770

 The perceptions of the early settlers was that the land was “harsh” and “hostile” and that they needed to tame the land  Terra Nullius

 They have previously performed mono- farming  They had introduced many new species to the land

 Compact ground  Water pollution  Soil erosion  Water ways erosion

 Cleared the land for farms  They had also a lack understanding of the land

 Born on the 21 st January 1801  Was a sheep farmer  He was the only native- born Australian to found a state capital city  Arrived at Port Phillip in 1835 and had purchased the land off the locals supplying them with essentials  Died on the 6 th May 1839

 Gain wealth quickly  Be exploited and not care for the environment around them  Whole environment was seen as an resource

 They had built towns and settlements within the area  Mined the area for gold  Had developed rail links for export and import

 They had done mass clearing of the land to make mines for the gold and to build townships  Didn’t have enough timber to build with also after clearing. 

 Exported and development had orientated  Had began to appreciate the environment  To make money quickly

 Charles von Steiglitz had stocked over 9712 hectares with over 8000 sheep for it to be later discovered as a goldfield.  Alluvial gold discovered in 1853 and then quartz gold mining had began in Black, J  Had cleared all forests to build townships and mine shafts and equipment.  The gold rush in the area had subsided in the 1890’s