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1797 George Bass in an open whaleboat charts coast from Point Hicks to Western Port
1791 George Vancouver in Discovery describes King George Sound as the best natural harbour in the world
1802 Matthew Flinders in Investigator arrives at the Australian coastline from the Cape of Good Hope and charts an easterly course to circumnavigate Australia
1798 Bass and Flinders in Norfolk circumnavigate Tasmania
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1801 John Murray in Lady Nelson discovers Port Phillip Bay
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1699 William Dampier in Roebuck lands on Dirk Hartog Island and travels north to Roebuck Bay
1818 Phillip Parker King in Mermaid charts from Exmouth to Port Essington
1819 Phillip Parker King in Mermaid charts from Wessel Islands to Cape Londonderrys
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1688 William Dampier in Cygnet explores Cape Leveque, King Sound and Buccaneer Archipelago
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1803 Matthew Flinders Matthew Flinders in Investigator heads for Timor for supplies and repairs after charting the south, east and north coasts of Australia.
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Map summary of British exploration of Australia
19 April 1770 Lieutenant Zachary Hicks sights land; was named Point Hicks in his honour
29 April 1770 Isaac Smith becomes first Briton to land on the shore of eastern Australia, at Botany Bay
1801 James Grant in Lady Nelson charts coastline between Wilsons Promontory and Western Port
11 June 1770 Endeavour strikes sharp coral on Great Barrier Reef
1770 Captain James Cook 22 August 1770, Cook raises flag on Possession Island, and claims New South Wales in the name of the British King, George III.
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