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Bytes of Australian History
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A history of Australia in small bytes, from the search for Australia, its discovering, colonisation to the present day (eventually)
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Byte 19: The Great Southern Land Bites Back – Discovery 1606
So we come to 1603 and a Dutchman named Willem Janszoon. In the last years before the formation of the Dutch East India Company he set sail for the East Indies as the captain of the Duyfken. This ship was a lightly armed Barque 65 feet in length wit...
Byte 18: The Rise of the Raj – British East India Company – Early 1600’s
With regard to a presence in the Indian Ocean, the British were slow out of the blocks, but actually the first to raise capital and share the risk of trading with the far distant East Indies The British East India Company was granted an Royal Chart...
Byte 17: Enter the Dutch – Power without Glory – 1602
We have reached the early 1600’s on our journey in search of the Land Down Under… No longer is Asia a lonely place for Europeans. The seas are gradually being tamed, but what of the locals and the competition? The year 1602 is especially ...
Byte 16: In Sight of Cape York, Australia? 1606
So where are we in the year 1600? Has Australia been discovered by Europeans already? Are we all done with this search for the Land Down Under? The Portuguese are the favorites at this stage you must say. But exactly when and who? And why have they n...
Byte 15: Move over France & England – the Portuguese Really Discovered Australia! – 1522
João de Barros sits down to write a manuscript about the Portuguese in India and Asia around 1550, and some 225 years later a Mr John Mason, of Belfast, rides along the coast of Southern Australia near Warrnambool. What is the connection? Well, it...
Byte 15: Quick Poll – Who Landed First?
A question based on our story so far. Which European country do you think reached Australia’s shores first? Deliberately or accidentally. Let’s see what you are thinking so far….blog some reasons if you have time…. We will t...
