What did Captain Cook say about Australia?
What did Captain Cook say about Australia?
Claiming New South Wales for the Crown In his detailed account of his journey along the coast, Cook stated that ‘… the Country it self so far as we know doth not produce any one thing that can become an Article in trade to invite Europeans to fix a settlement upon it …’
What did Captain Cook say about Aborigines?
In 1770 Captain James Cook met few Aboriginal people on the Eastern Australian shoreline. Because they did not grow crops and because he assumed there were no inland fishable rivers, he concluded that Australia’s interior was empty.
Why did James Cook claim Australia?
Cook named the land he encountered New South Wales in an effort to counter any Dutch interest in what they had long called New Holland. The name Australia was popularised by Matthew Flinders following his circumnavigation of the continent in 1803.
What does Mr Fletcher say about whether Australia was discovered 250 years ago?
Also speaking at the launch, Mr Fletcher said: “Marking 250 years since Captain James Cook’s first Pacific voyage will allow all Australians to reflect on, discuss and re-evaluate the lasting impact that this has had on us all.”
Did Cook declare terra nullius?
The legal concept of terra nullius allowed British colonists to disregard Indigenous ownership of Australia, to regard Australia as an empty continent and to take the land without ever negotiating a treaty. Terra nullius is often ascribed to Cook, but both Ms Page and Dr Blyth have found no record of this.
Did Cook shoot an aboriginal?
Captain James Cook shot the first Aborigine to resist his arrival at Sydney’s Botany Bay – before the famed British explorer had even set foot on Australian soil. The prolific biographer said he was shocked by his own ignorance – and that of most Australians – of such a significant piece of Australian history.
