1. Australia Early Exploration

2. Australia’s first inhabitants, the Aborigines arrived Scientists do not agree to how these natives arrived First Inhabitants 20,000 – 60,000 B.C. 1. Island hoppers 2. Land Bridge

3. Luis de Torres A.D. 1606 Spanish explorer Sailed through Torres Strait but never landed in Australia

4. Torres Strait

5. A.D. 1642 Dutch explorer Discovers Tasmania Named it – “Van Diemen’s Land” (after Governor General of Dutch East Indies) Abel Tasman

6. Explored northern coast of Australia Called “New Holland”

7. Abel Tasman’s 1 st Voyage

8. Abel Tasman’s 2nd Voyage

9. Orlando Bloom reminds me of our next explorer….

10. William Dampier 1688 British Navigator Lands on western shore of Australia Wrote a book of his exploration of Australia and other areas of the Pacific

11. William Dampier

12. Tom Cruise reminds me of the next explorer

13. James Cook 1770 First to sail east coast of Australia Lands at Botany Bay Claims land for Great Britain

14. James Cook’s First Voyage Voyage to Tahiti to observe passage of Venus between the earth and sun 1768, set sail from England Rio de Janeiro East coast of Australia (New Holland) West Indies (Indonesia) Across Indian Ocean to Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of Africa)

15. Return to England Arrived in England July, 1771 Healthy trip because he developed a way to prevent scurvy…. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables!

17. Cook’s Second Voyage July 1772, left on Resolution and Adventure to find land mass farther south Cape Town, South Africa Headed south but turned around because of huge masses of ice (within 75 miles of Antarctica) New Zealand (for winter) Sailed again past Antarctic Circle

18. “No habitable southern continent” Discovered several islands in Pacific Return To England

20. Cook’s Third Voyage July, 1776 – sailed in search of Northwest Passage Sailed around Africa Passed north and south islands of New Zealand (Cook Strait) Oregon, British Columbia, Alaska, Bering Strait, Bering Sea Voyage halted by Arctic Ice

21. Cook didn’t return to England February, 1779 Cook returned to Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) to repair mast Was killed by native