Q 01/05

Which Dutch ship made the first documented European landing in Australia in 1606?

A) Batavia

B) Zeehaen

C) Eendracht

D) Duyfken

Answer · why

D) Duyfken

Captained by Willem Janszoon, it belonged to the Dutch East India Company; the Dutch called the continent New Holland.

Q 02/05

Which Dutch navigator's 1642 voyage first reached Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand?

A) Willem Janszoon

B) Dirk Hartog

C) Abel Tasman

D) Jan Carstensz

Answer · why

C) Abel Tasman

The same voyage was the first to sight Fiji; Van Diemen's Land was renamed Tasmania in 1856.

Q 03/05

Which English buccaneer landed on the north-west coast of New Holland in 1688 and again in 1699?

A) Francis Drake

B) William Dampier

C) Henry Morgan

D) Woodes Rogers

Answer · why

B) William Dampier

His published descriptions of Aboriginal people were widely read in Britain.

Q 04/05

In what year did James Cook chart the east coast and claim it for Britain?

A) 1772

B) 1776

C) 1788

D) 1770

Answer · why

D) 1770

He took formal possession on 21–22 August on Possession Island, off Cape York.

Q 05/05

Where did Cook's Endeavour anchor ten days after reaching the east coast in April 1770?

A) Port Jackson

B) Botany Bay

C) Moreton Bay

D) Port Phillip

Answer · why

B) Botany Bay

Joseph Banks, who sailed with Cook, recommended it as a penal settlement site in 1779.