Exploration of Australia Timeline Cards · Saavedra discovers the northern coast of New Guinea....

Exploring Australia

Timeline Cards

From the 1400s to 1901.

1400s to 1500s 1487-1488

1497-1499 1513

Portugal and Spain sent out explorers to search for sea routes to India and South-

East Asia. They were looking for these places as they were rich in spices.

Portuguese explorer, Bartolomeu Dias, sails to the southern tip of Africa. He believes it is possible to sail to India, if you sail north along the east coast of

Africa.

Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama with his four

ships, travels along the east coast of Africa, getting as far north as Malindie. He then makes the first sea crossing from Europe to

India.

After crossing the jungles of Central America, Spanish explorer, Vvasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the ‘South Sea’ which has never been seen by Europeans before.

© A Moment In Our World

Ferdinand Magellan sails across the South Sea and renames it the Pacific

Ocean. He was attempting to find a westward route to the

East Indies.

While searching for a ‘land of gold’, Alvaro de

Saavedra discovers the northern coast of New

Guinea.

Portuguese explorer, Pedro Fernandez de Quiros discovers the islands of

Vanuatu which he believes is part of a continent that extends south of New

Guinea.

The Dutch East India Company sent out Williem

Janszoon to look for gold in the southern region of New Guinea. Eight of his crew were speared, so he set of along the east coast of New

Guinea.

1519-1521 1528-1529

1605 1605


1606 1606

1606 1616

Pedro Fernandez de Quiros’s second in command, Spaniard Luis Vaez de Torres gets

separated from the rest of the fleet. He ends up sailing in the narrow strait between New Guinea and Australia, not

realising how close he had come to discovering Australia.

Willem Janszoon’s ship hit shallow waters, forcing it to sail south. He loses sight of land, and when he finds it

again, he has reached what we now call Cape York Peninsula. He makes the first recorded European landing on the coast

of Australia.

Around the middle of 1060, Luis Vaez Torres approaches from the east, finding the

entrance to Torres Strait. He reports seeing hills but believes

they belong to a group of islands. The Spanish authorities keep this discovery a secret.

Dirk Hartog’s ship, Eendracht, accidently hits the

west coast of Australia.


1616 1618

1622 1622

The crew of the Eendracht, Dirt Hartog’s ship, planted a post on the cliffs of what is now known as Dirk Hartog Island. They charted the

Western Australian coast as for as North West Cape which became known as

Eendrachtsland.

The crew aboard the Dutch ship Leeuwin, chart a stretch of the south-western tip of Australia. This then becomes known as Landt van de

Leeuwin.

When the English ship Tryall becomes wrecked on a reef off the Western Australia coast, the 45 survivors become the first Englishmen

to see Australia.

Captain Haevick Claeszoon aboard the Dutch ship

Zeewolf, sights part of the Western Australian coast. He is not sure if it is a series of islands or part of a

continent.


1623 1627

1642 1644

The Dutch ship Arnhem becomes the first European ship to land on the coast of what is now known as Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

The captain of the Gulden Zeepaerdt ship, Francois

Thijssen and his crew chart the southern coast of

Australia all the way to Fowlers Bay. This is further south than any previous ship

has charted.

Tasmania and New Zealand are discovered by Abel

Tasman. He sent 11 men ashore to explore what is now known as Tasmania. Specimens of animal poo

were collected.

Abel Tasman returns and charts the north coast of Australia from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, to

North West Cape in Western Australia.


1688 1696-1697

1699 1705

William Damiper, aboard his ship the Cygnet, anchored in King Sound to take notes on New Holland’s land and the people. He was the first

Englishman to take notes on this land.

Dutch sailor, Willem de Vlamingh and his three ships explore the west coast of

Australia while searching for a ship lost en route to Java.

William Dampier returns to New Holland as captain of the British navy vessel,

HMS Roebuck. He charts the coast from Dirk Hartog Island, Abrolhos Islands to

Roebuck bay.

The Dutch captain Maarten van Delft explores the

Cobourg Peninsula, Melville Island and Bathurst Island.


1756 1768

1770 1770

The Dutch ships, Rijder and Buijs, explore parts of the Gulf of Carpentaria and

Arnhem Land.

Lieutenant James Cook leaves England on the HM

Endeavour, on his mission to find the great southern

continent.

Lieutenant James Cook then charters the coast from

Botany Bay to what is now known as Cape York. He claims the land for England and names it New South

Wales.

April 1770, Lieutenant James Cooks anchors off the bay that he would name

Botany Bay.


1772 1774

1788 1788

Tobias Furneaux, captain of the Adventure, explores the east coast of Van Diemen’s land. He thinks that Bass Strait is a deep bay and

that Van Diemen’s land and New South Wales are joined

by land.

Lieutenant James Cook travels south and actually comes within 120 km of

Antarctica. Due to the sheets of ice on the water, he is

forced to turn back, believing their in no great southern

continent.

In January 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip leads 11

ships of convicts and officers, known as the First Fleet.

They are headed New South Wales to build a penal

settlement.

Arriving at Botany Bay, Captain Arthur Phillip finds it too shallow to anchor the ships, so the fleet is moved to Port Jackson. Phillip

names this settlement Sydney


1789 1791

1797

English navy Captain George Vancouver explores an ocean inlet along the southern coast of Western Australia and

names the inlet King George Sound.

Navy surgeon George Bass sets off in a whaleboat with a crew of six to prove there is

a strait separating Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales. Lack of food

forces him to turn back before he can prove his theory.

Marine officer, Lieutenant William Dawes, leads the first European expedition in the Blue Mountains, reaching as far as which we know as

Linden.

1798

George Bass and Lieutenant Matthew Flinders sail

around Van Diemen’s land to prove that it is an island.

They name the waters separating New South Wales and the island, Bass Strait.


1803

Lieutenant Matthew Flinders completes an 18 month circumnavigation of New

South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land and New Holland, proving that New South

Wales and New Holland are part of the same continent.

1800 1802

While exploring the southern coast, Lieutenant James

Grant and the crew of the Lady Nelson sight land near

Mount Gambier.

Acting Lieutenant John Murray discovers Port Phillip

Bay and spends a month surveying it.

Surveyor Charles Grimes, aboard the Cumberland,

visits Port Phillip Bay and discovers the entrance to the

Yarra River.

1803


1804 1807

1813 1813

Lieutenant Governor William Paterson of Van Diemen's Land, explores the Tamar River and the North Esk

River.

Charles Grimes surveys an overland route from Port Dalrymple to Hobart.

Drought hit Sydney, so Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson, William Charles Wentworth,

James Burns with 3 convicts, 5 dogs, 4 horses and food for 6 weeks, set off to cross the Great Dividing Range looking

for farming land.

Blaxland, Lawson, Wentworth, Burns and crew reach the top

of Mount Blaxland and glimpse fine grazing country. They are granted 4 square kilometres of new land as a

reward from Governor Lachlan Macquarie.


1813 1813

1814 1815

Surveyor George Evans and crew discover the Bathurst Plains and the westward-flowing Macquarie River.

Surveyor George Evans is sent out by Governor Lachlan

Macquarie to follow the route of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth to explore

further inland.

Matthew Flinders publishes an account of his

circumnavigation of the continent which he names

‘Australia.’

A new settlement, the first inland settlement is ordered to be build in what is now known as Bathurst Plain. The land George Evans

found in 1813.


1817 1823

1824 1824

The New South Wales Governor Lachlan Macquarie,

recommends that to the British government that the continent’s official name be

Australia.

Surveyor John Oxley leads an expedition to explore

Moreton Bay. He encounters Pamphlet and Finnegan, two castaways who have been living with the Aboriginals for seven months. They lead Oxley to the Brisbane River.

Governor Thomas Brisbane asked experienced bush

explorer Hamilton Hume, a sailor and an explorer named William Hovell to search for rivers South of the known

colony.

On their expedition, Hovell and Hume discovered a river and named it the

Hume River. They were also the first Europeans to see Mount Buffalo and the

Australian Alps.


1824 1824

1825 1825

Hovell and Hume ended their journey at Corio Bay, part of Port Phillip Bay near what is now known as

Geelong.

Britain officially refers to the continent as Australia.

Van Diemen’s Land becomes its own separate colony, no longer officially part of New

South Wales.

A new penal settlement is established at Moreton Bay.


1826 1827

1829 1830

Charles Sturt and Hamilton Hume discover the Darling River. They try to follow it but run out of food and

fresh water.

British army major, Edmund Lockyer, founds a military base at King George Sound. In 1832, this settlement is

named Albany.

Allan Cunningham discovers the Gwydir, Dumaresq and the Condamine Rivers.

Sturt discovers the inland rivers of New South Wales flow into the Murray River. He also finds that the Murray

River empties into Lake Alexandrina on the southern

coast.


1831 1834

1835 1836

The colony of South Australia was founded on land that was once part of

New South Wales.

Van Diemen’s Land farmer, John Batman explores north of Port Phillip. He was intending to form a

settlement on the Yarra, but instead, this expedition leads

to the foundation of Melbourne.

Major Thomas Mitchell, G.C. Stapylton and 23 ex-convicts and convicts explore the land south of the Murray

River.

Military officer Collet Barker explores St Vincent Gulf and discovers the inlet which later is known as

Port Adelaide.


1839 1839

1841

Angus McMillan and Jimmy Gibbu were exploring

south of the Currawang Station in New South

Wales. They climbed Mount McLeod and discovered

Gippsland.

Edward John Eyre explores the Flinders Ranges north of

Adelaide. He discovers Mount Arden. Also during this year, he discovers a dry salt lake which he names

Lake Torrens.

Polish explorer, Count Pawel Strzelecki, explores the

Australian Alps. He names the highest peak Mount

Kosciuszko.

1840

Wylie, a young Minang man, and Englishman

Edward John Eyre were the first men to walk across the Nullarbor Plain. They left Fowlers Bay in February 1841, completing their crossing in June 1841.


1844 - 1845 1845

1846 1847

German Scientist Ludwig Leichhardt led a 5000

kilometre trek from Darling Downs, Queensland, to Port

Essington in Northern Territory. It took him two

months to reach his destination.

While attempting to find an alternative route to Port

Essington, Thomas Mitchell discovers a river and names

it the Victoria Stream.

Augustus and Francis Gregory explore the land

north of Perth

Edmund Kennedy discovers that the Victoria Stream, discovered and named by Thomas Mitchell, flows south-west into Coopers

Creek. He renames the upper part of the Stream with it Aboriginal name, the Barcoo.


1848 1848

1851 1854

John Septimus Roe leads an expedition to explore the southern part of Western Australia. They travelled

south from the Avon River to as far east as Esperance.

The Port Phillip District separates from New South Wales to become the colony

of Victoria.

Ludwig Leichhardt led another expedition, attempting to cross the continent from east to west

– Moreton Bay to Perth. They left McPherson’s station on the edge of the Darling Downs in April and were

never seen again.

Assistant surveyor Robert Austin leads an expedition north-east of the Swan

River. He discovers Mount Magnet and follows the Murchison River to the coast near Geraldton.


1856 1859

1860 1860

Van Diemen's land officially changes its name to

Tasmania. This is done to honour its discovered, Abel

Tasman.

Settlers in the north of New South Wales separate to form the new colony of Australia.

John McDouall Stuart and his party become the first

Europeans to reach the centre of the continent.

Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills, John King and Charles Gray reach the Gulf of Carpentaria. This

makes them the first Europeans to cross the continent from south to

north.


1861 1873

1874 1901

Francis Gregory explores the Pilbara region in the north

of Western Australia.

Ernest Giles, Peter Warburton and William

Gosse lead separate expeditions into the deserts of

Western Australia.

John and Alexander Forrest cross central Western

Australia from west to east.

The six colonies of Australia officially become the

Commonwealth of Australia. Each of the colonies now

states within the federation.


Thank you so very much for your interest in my products. Hope you see you soon at A Moment In Our World or at

Twitter or at my Facebook Page - A Moment In Our World Terms of Use

All printables are to be used for personal use only.

Please DO:

Download and print off for personal use Direct people to my BLOG and/or FACEBOOK PAGE

Give the credit back to A MOMENT IN OUR WORLD when

you blog about the files Please DO NOT:

Link directly to the pdf file Alter the files in any way

Store them on your website in any way

Sell them in any form, on your site or print off and sell them Seek to use them to drive traffic to your site

Thank you for your HONESTY.

I reserve the right to change this policy at any time.

If you have any questions please contact

me: [email protected]

NOTICE:

"By purchasing the file(s), you agree to the TERMS OF USE." & "These are copyrighted graphics, you may not

resell / redistribute / recreate / use in your commercial projects or share these graphics in whole or in part

for any reasons."

Exploration of Australia Timeline Cards · Saavedra discovers the northern coast of New Guinea....

Documents

Transcript of Exploration of Australia Timeline Cards · Saavedra discovers the northern coast of New Guinea....