Settlement+European

European settlement
Terra Australis Incognita //__(Unknown southern land) __// Australia’s founding father is widely regarded as Captain James Cook. Sent from England to track Venus as it passed the sun to get an accurate measurement of the distance between the earth and the sun. Cook was also ordered to explore and claim ownership of possessions and land in the name of the crown. But credit must be given where credit is deserved, and much of the credit Cook is given nowadays is not deserved; he was not the first person to discover or claim Australia as many have incorrectly told... a common unknown knowledge is that Australia was previously explored and claimed in 1606 by the Dutch and named New Holland. It wasn’t until 1770, 164 years later, that Cook arrived at New South Wales. It was also estimated that 54 other European ships landed on Australian shores prior to Captain Cook. Victoria Currently Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia with a high 75% of the population living in the culture capital Melbourne. Boasting a more luxuriant than its rival neighbour lifestyle with the countries best food, wine coffee and sport. But in the past Melbourne was a small town of the state of New South Wales and never really much had a place in the new colony. But all this would change in 1851 when Melbourne broke away from New South Wales and became the capital of the new state of Victoria. the new government offered

But all this would change in 1851 when gold was discovered in Ballarat. Melbourne served as the main port and as a result experienced immensurable growth in population, economy and culture