Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Senator Penny Wong was 'bagging Australia' with her critical November speech: Mundine" video.
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@Brett.Crealy-kh1sk
Read https://www.britannica.com/place/Australia/History
This was the background for the three voyages of Captain James Cook on behalf of the British Admiralty. The first, that of the HMS Endeavour, left England in August 1768 and had its climax on April 20, 1770, when a crewman sighted southeastern Australia. Cook landed several times, most notably at Botany Bay and at Possession Island in the north, where on August 23 he claimed the land, naming it New South Wales
Meanwhile Flinders had returned home and in 1801 was appointed to command an expedition that would circumnavigate Australia and virtually complete the charting of the continent. Over the next three years Flinders proved equal to this task. Above all, he left no doubt that the Australian continent was a single landmass. Appropriately, Flinders urged that the name Australia replace New Holland, and this change received official backing from 1817.
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From 1644, Australia was called New Holland by the Dutch
From April 20, 1770, Australia was called New South Wales by the British.
From 1817, the New Holland name was replaced by Australia.
Supporting 1994 ALP's fvckup on history is LOL..
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