Australia and history of Australia

Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for tens of thousands of

years. During that time, records —some dating from extreme
antiquity— were passed down through the generations through
spoken allegories, myths, and songs.
The written history of Australia began in 1606, when Pedro
Fernandes de Queirós, a Portuguese navigator sailing for
the Spanish Crown, reached there in 1606. Fernandes sighted a very
large island south of New Guinea, which he named La Australia del
Espiritu Santo (now Vanuatu). After becoming separated from its
flagship, a ship in said expedition (commandeered by Spaniard Luis
Váez de Torres) passed through Torres Strait, from where he might
have sighted Australia's northern coast. . These discoveries inspired
several mariners —among them, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman— to
further chart the area.
Though Tasman is best known for his voyage of 1642 —in which he
became the first known European to reach the islands of Van
Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand, and to sight
the Fiji islands— he also contributed significantly to the mapping of
Australia proper. With three ships on his second voyage in 1644, he
followed the south coast of New Guinea westward. He missed
the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia, but continued
his voyage along the Australian coast and ended up mapping the
north coast of Australia making observations on the land and its
people.
In spite of these voyages, however, Australia remained largely
unvisited by Westerners up until the first British explorations. In
1769, James Cook sailed the HMS Endeavour in an extensive effort
to locate the supposed Southern Continent to the south and west
of Tahiti. The expedition eventually led in 1770 to the British
discovery and charting of the eastern coastline of Australia.
International Trade
Australia is a member of the International Convention to Facilitate
the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising and the
main export commodities are alcohols, animal feed, automotive
components, boats, cereals, coal, confectionery, crude oil, dairy
products, dried fruit, fruit, gold, herbs and spices and iron ore.
Australia’s major imports include animals, capital goods, chemical
products, computers, consumer goods, crude oil, energy, food
ingredients, fuel, industrial products, machinery and miscellaneous
manufactured goods.
Australia and New Zealand share a free trade zone under the Closer
Economic Relations (CER) agreement whereby all goods originating
in each market enjoy duty-free access to the market. This includes
conformity of standards and access to government tenders. Being
established in the Australian market eases entry into the New
Zealand market and vice versa. There is a Free Trade Zone in
Darwin, Australia.

• Cities and Towns in Australia (9,697)

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This country got 3rd positioned in world and got name
“COUNTRIES AS BRAND”.