Section A Exploring the World Text AA Brief Introduction to Australia Note History:The written history of Australia began when Dutch explorers first sighted the landmass in the 17th century.In command of the ship Duyfken,Willem Jansz,Dutch,sailed along the southern coast of New Guinea before he turned south and sighted Cape York Peninsula on Australia's northern coast.Jansz named the land New Holland and explored the Gulf of Carpentaria on the cape's western shore.The western coast was first visited in 1616 by the Dutch,Dirk Hartog The first recorded European sighting of the South Australian coast was in 1627 when the Dutch ship the Gulden Zeepaert,captained by Francois Thijssen,examined the coastline. The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early colony period,from the first British settlement and penal colonyl2]at Port Jacksonl31 in 1788 to the establishment of other colonies and the spread of settlers. The history of Australia from 1851 to 1900 was also part of Australia's colonial history,including the discovery of gold[4l in 1851 which led to increased economic and political independence from Britain,and a great debate about federation.The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 began with the federation of the colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia.The history of Australia since 1945 has seen a move away from Britain[51 in political,social and cultural terms to engagement with the United States and Asia. 大连理工大学出版社大连理工大学出版社 Section A Exploring the World Text A A Brief Introduction to Australia History: The written history of Australia began when Dutch explorers first sighted the landmass in the 17th century. In command of the ship Duyfken, Willem Jansz, Dutch, sailed along the southern coast of New Guinea before he turned south and sighted Cape York Peninsula on Australia’s northern coast. Jansz named the land New Holland and explored the Gulf of Carpentaria on the cape’s western shore. The western coast was first visited in 1616 by the Dutch, Dirk Hartog. The first recorded European sighting of the South Australian coast was in 1627 when the Dutch ship the Gulden Zeepaert, captained by Francois Thijssen, examined the coastline. The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early colony period, from the first British settlement and penal colony[2] at Port Jackson[3] in 1788 to the establishment of other colonies and the spread of settlers. The history of Australia from 1851 to 1900 was also part of Australia’s colonial history, including the discovery of gold[4] in 1851 which led to increased economic and political independence from Britain, and a great debate about federation. The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 began with the federation of the colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The history of Australia since 1945 has seen a move away from Britain[5] in political,social and culturalterms to engagement with the United States and Asia. Note