I I i 1642-1644 1768 1769 1770 wn. 1787 1788 — 1198 = 5 i 1801-1803 1813 1814 1624-1625 1828-1629 1829-1830 1839-1840 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman lands in Tasmania, and charts the northern coast of Australia. Captain James Cook sets out from England to search for the Great ‘South Land and to observe the Transit of Verus. Cook sights Neve Zealand, over 00 years after Tasman first dd. Cook charts the east coast of New Holland, and lands at Botany Bay. ‘Cook raises the English Flag on Possession Island, and claims the ‘eastern coast of New Holland for England. ‘The First Fleet leaves Portsmouth in England, bound for Bolany Bay. ‘A pena settlement is set up at Sydney Cove. Malthe Flinders and George Bass circumnavigate Van Diemeris Land (Tasmania), proving that itis an island. Matthey: Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of Australia, Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson cross the Blue Mountains. George Evans explores the Bethurst Phins. Metthew Flinders suggests the name ‘Austraid for the nexely seftled continent, Hume and Hovell travel overland from Sydney to Port Philip, now the site of Melbourne. Charles Sturt sets out to discover where the Darling River flows, ‘Sturt follows the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers to their outlet to the sea at Lake Alexandrina ‘award Byre searches west and north of Adelaide for farmland and an inland sea, ‘Byre crosses the continent from east to west ‘Sturt explores central Australia looking for an inland sea. He discovers: the Stony Desert but inds no inland sea ohn MeDocell Stuart fils in his first attempt to cross Australia from south to north Burke and Wills lave Melbourne, also in an attempt to cross Australia from south to nortt. Burke and Wills arrive at the Gulf of Carpentaria, but die.on the journey south Stuart again tries to cross the continent from south to north ‘Stuart reaches Chambers Bay. near present-day Darwin. ‘Sohn Forrest crosses the Nullarbor Plain from west fo east.