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jan 1, 1606 - Discovery of Australia

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Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch East India Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.

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jan 1, 1606
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~ 420 years ago