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A Dutch map of the [[Indian Ocean]], made in the 1650s, includes almost all of the coast of Australia from the western entrance to [[Luis Vaez de Torres|Torres]] Strait to [[South Australia]]. And (separately) the southern part of [[Tasmania]] (which was assumed to be attached to the continent.)
A Dutch map of the [[Indian Ocean]], made in the 1650s, includes almost all of the coast of Australia from the western entrance to [[Luis Vaez de Torres|Torres]] Strait to [[South Australia]]. And (separately) the southern part of [[Tasmania]] (which was assumed to be attached to the continent.)
[[James Cook]] discovered and charted the east coast in 1770 from about the[[ New South Wales]]/[[Victoria]] border to Torres Strait and claimed this tract for [[Britain]] as “New South Wales” however, west of a rather mandatory line, the rest remained New Holland, at least for a few decades. (The British tended to refer to the continent as “Terra Australis” (South Land) but it was becoming less and less “Terra Australis Incognito”, its ancient sobriquet.)
[[James Cook]] discovered and charted the east coast in 1770 from about the [[New South Wales]]/[[Victoria]] border to Torres Strait and claimed this tract for [[Britain]] as “New South Wales” however, west of a rather mandatory line, the rest remained New Holland, at least for a few decades. (The British tended to refer to the continent as “Terra Australis” (South Land) but it was becoming less and less “Terra Australis Incognito”, its ancient sobriquet.)
During 1801/2 the great [[Matthew Flinders]] painstakingly circumnavigated the continental mainland. (He had already delved into Tasmania.) His account, published too many years later, includes the phrase: ''"Had I permitted myself any innovation upon the original term, it would have been to convert it into Australia; as being more agreeable to the ear, and as an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth.”''
During 1801/2 the great [[Matthew Flinders]] painstakingly circumnavigated the continental mainland. (He had already delved into Tasmania.) His account, published too many years later, includes the phrase: ''"Had I permitted myself any innovation upon the original term, it would have been to convert it into Australia; as being more agreeable to the ear, and as an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth.”''