Janszoon lands in Australia
The first Europeans in Australia took it for New Guinea
In 1606 the Dutch ship Duyfken under Willem Janszoon, searching for gold and spices south of New Guinea, sailed along the west coast of Cape York. It is the first documented European landing in Australia. The encounter with Aboriginal people ended in a clash, and Janszoon judged the coast swampy and barren, assuming it was part of New Guinea.
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