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The Land Down Under
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460 Moments
1788
Exploring Broken Bay
First Holy Communion in the colony, island named after Lord Howe.
Rev. Richard Johnson's first religious service 'on the grass'.
Sydney Cove Proclamation: Birth of Australia Day
1787
First Fleet departs for European colonisation.
1769
English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HMS Endeavour charted the eastern coast, and claimed it for the British Crown. Australia was dubbed "terra nullius".
1700
Indonesian Makassar People's Visits to Northern Australia's Coast
1695
Dutch Explorer Charts Southwest Coast, Lands at Rottnest Island
1688
Exploration of Australia's West Coast by William Dampier
1681
Explorer John Daniel mapped western coast and Rottnest Island.