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How was Australia named?
New Holland
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'.The Commonwealth of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federation of six states and two self-governing territories. The national government is the Australian Government, also referred to as the federal government or Commonwealth government.While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606. The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300 km of coastline.

How was Australia formed : During the Archean, and the Proterozoic Eon that followed, multiple cratons assembled to form the Australian continent, leaving multiple basins and belts of buckled and folded rocks at their margins. The main cratons that formed Western Australia are the Pilbara and Yilgarn.

Was Australia called Austria

Not at all. Austria is just what English speakers call it. The countrys name is Österreich and it means “Eastern Kingdom”. Australia is derived from Terra Australis meaning “Southern Land”.

Why Australia is called Aussie : The word Australia when referred to informally with its first three letters becomes Aus. When Aus or Aussie, the short form for an Australian, is pronounced for fun with a hissing sound at the end, it sounds as though the word being pronounced has the spelling Oz.

colony of New South Wales
The British colony of New South Wales was established in 1788 as a penal colony.

The name Australia was suggested by the English explorer Matthew Flinders, who was the first to circumnavigate the continent in 1803. He used the name Australia to describe the continent on a hand-drawn map in 1804, but his book and map were not published until 1814.

Who founded Australia as a country

The colony of New South Wales was established with the arrival of the First Fleet of 11 vessels under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip in January 1788. It consisted of more than a thousand settlers, including 778 convicts (192 women and 586 men).The Czech name of Rakousko, previously also Rakúsy and later Rakousy, which is still used for the states of Upper and Lower Austria (Horní, Dolní Rakousy), originates in the name of the Austrian castle and town of Raabs an der Thaya near the Czech-Austrian border, formerly also known as Ratgoz or Ratgos.The first known landing in Australia by Europeans was in 1606 by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon on Australia's northern coast. Dutch navigators explored the western and southern coasts in the 17th century and named the continent New Holland.

New South Wales
Australia, once known as New South Wales, was originally planned as a penal colony. In October 1786, the British government appointed Arthur Phillip captain of the HMS Sirius, and commissioned him to establish an agricultural work camp there for British convicts.

Was Australia once called Oceania : There has not been any such name change. Australia is the largest country in Oceania, which is defined as a geographic region encompassing Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

What was Australia before 1901 : Narrator: Before 1901 Australia was not a nation. Rather, it was 6 separate British colonies. They were like 6 different countries. Each one had its own parliament, laws, and small defence force.

What was Australia named in 1788

New South Wales
Cook first named the land New Wales, but revised it to New South Wales. With the establishment of a settlement at Sydney in 1788, the British solidified its claim to the eastern part of Australia, now officially called New South Wales.

Czech-language name

According to legend, it comes from their leader Čech, who brought them to Bohemia. Research regards Čech as a derivative of the root čel- (member of the people, kinsman). Several variants of the name have been used over the centuries, due to the evolution of the Czech language.However, no English-language short form name, as a simpler counterpart to the official country name, was ever officially standardised. It is the Czech government's intention that promoting the name Czechia will reduce confusion for English speakers and also enhance the country's identity and economy.

Did the Dutch discover Australia : In 1606, Dutch explorers made the first recorded European sightings of, and first recorded landfalls on, the Australian mainland. The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken captained by Dutch navigator, Willem Janszoon.