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jun 18, 1804 - Terra Australis

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(unknown southern land)
British navigator Matthew Flinders proposed the names New Holland/Terra Australis. In other pieces of official documentation, the name 'Australia' was often used in reference to the new found nation

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jun 18, 1804
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~ 222 years ago