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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.”''
Even without Flinders’ comment, New Holland’s days were numbered as the British moved westward. When the British flag was raised in Sydney Cove in January 1788 all of the continent east of a line drawn at longitude 135 degrees east was claimed - somewhat less than half of the landmass. New South Wales was to further encroach on New Holland in 1825 when the border was moved westward to 129 degrees east (over half way across the continent) to include a new (ultimately unsuccessful) British settlement on Melville Island, north of present [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]]. Two years after the settlement of [[Perth, Australia|Perth]] in 1829, the new colony of [[Western Australia]] was proclaimed and New Holland was gone.
Even without Flinders’ comment, New Holland’s days were numbered as the British moved westward. When the British flag was raised in Sydney Cove in January 1788 all of the continent east of a line drawn at longitude 135 degrees east was claimed - somewhat less than half of the landmass. New South Wales was to further encroach on New Holland in 1825 when the border was moved westward to 129 degrees east (over halfway across the continent) to include a new (ultimately unsuccessful) British settlement on Melville Island, north of present [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]]. Two years after the settlement of [[Perth, Australia|Perth]] in 1829, the new colony of [[Western Australia]] was proclaimed and New Holland was gone.
[[Category:Australia]]
[[Category:Australia]]
[[Category:Age of Exploration]]
[[Category:Age of Exploration]]