Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Exploration 1600-1699
The History of the Exploration of Australia is an outline of exploration in Australia and it's territories.
This page is a subpage of WikiProject Australian history.
- Australian geography, as explained in the works of Australian exploration, might be called an unlearned study.
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Tagging and Categorising Articles
[edit]Articles related to exploration in Australia should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Australia|explore=yes}}
Articles related to maritime exploration in Australia should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Australia|explore=yes|maritime=yes}}
For full details about using this talk page template see Template:WP Australia.
Rating Articles
[edit]When tagging articles, the articles class and importance can be rated. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Assessment for details on assessment guidelines.
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Class
[edit]The following values may be used for the class parameter:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Australia articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Australia articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Australia articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Australia articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Australia articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Australia articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Australia pages)
Importance
[edit]The following values may be used for the importance parameter:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Australia articles)
- In relation to exploration, articles with a Top rating will typically be the most notable explorers and expeditions in Australian history. ie James Cook, Burke and Wills
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Australia articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Australia articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Australia articles)
- In relation to exploration, articles with a Low rating will typically be the explorers and expeditions not well known in Australian history. The exploration may have been limited in scope, or performed by people to whom exploration was not their main occupation. Remember that another Australian project may deem the article of higher importance for non-exploration related reasons.
- The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA
Infobox
[edit]Biographical infoboxes can be found at Biography Infoboxes. Where explorers had other careers some shortcuts to pertinent infoboxes are listed.
- General Bios - Template:Infobox Biography
- Military Bios - Template:Infobox Military Person
- Political Bios - Template:Infobox Politician
Resources
[edit]- Australian Explorers, Discoverers and Pioneers Project Gutenberg of Australia site, with books online.
- Biography of Early Australia
- South Land to New Holland: Dutch Charting of Australia 1606–1756
- Timeline of Exploration and survey of The Australian coastline
- The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765
- Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia
- Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles
- The History of Australian Exploration - Timeline by Ernest Favenc
- Early explorers of the region surrounding Woomera
Guidelines for Writing Articles
[edit]Explorer Biography Articles
[edit]- should follow guidelines established by Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies))
Expedition Articles
[edit]Naming
[edit]If an expedition had a contemporary "official" name, use that name as its title. For example:
If an expedition is widely known by a particular name, then the article should use that name as its title. example:
If the expedition or series of expeditions does not have wide recognition with a particular name, then it should be titled in the form {{Explorer/s}} {{expedition/s or voyage}} ({{date}} - optional to be used if the explorer (or pairing of explorers) had more than one expedition); that is, Explorer expedition or Explorer expedition of year. Examples:
Content
[edit]Articles about a particular expedition or series of expeditions, should answer the following questions.
- 1. Who led the exploration party?
- 2. Who else was in the party, and what did they do?
- 3. What dates did they leave, return, reach an objective?
- 4. What was the purpose of the expedition? Did they achieve it?
- 5. Who funded the expedition?
- 6. What was or was not discovered? What significant events occurred?
- 7. What route did they take? (show chart if possible)
- 8. What vessel, means of travel, equipment did they use?
- 9. What did the lesser members of the party accomplish (ie botanists, artists, astronomers etc)?
- 10. What has been written about the expedition (ie books, movies)?
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Expedition Articles
[edit]These articles relate to explorer expeditions to, in or around Australia and it's territories.
1600
[edit]- 1601 de Eredia voyage of 1601 Manoel Godinho de Eredia, a Portuguese. (Claim doubtful.)
- 1605 - 1606 de Queirós voyage of 1605 to 1606 Pedro Fernandes de Queirós attempted unsuccessfully to locate Australia. Has been claimed at various times that he did in fact do so.
- resources - Pedro Fernandez de Quiros bio page
- 1605 - 1606 Janszoon voyage of 1605-6 Willem Janszoon explores the western coast of Cape York Peninsula. The first recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil. Charted about 300 km of the west coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
- Duyfken
- Jan Lodewijkszoon van Rosingeyn -supercargo
- 1606 (August): Torres expedition of 1606 *check dates* Luis Vaez de Torres sails through the Torres Strait, between Australia and New Guinea, along the latter's southern coast. He may well have sighted the northernmost extremity of Australia, although this is not recorded. Torres reported 'shoals', some of which may have been the northernmost atolls of the Great Barrier Reef. The name 'Coste Dangereuse', for the tropical Queensland coast, appears on French charts.
- 1615 Schouten expedition of 1615 *check dates* Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire
- 1616 Hartog expedition of 1616 *check dates* Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European, at Dirk Hartog Island on the western coast of Australia. Erected a pewter plate to mark his presence.
- 1618 Hillegom voyage of 1618 Haevik Claeszoon van Hillegom sailed the Zeewolf past the North West Cape.
- 1618 Zeachern voyage of 1618 Captain Zeachern, in the Mauritius, discovered Arnheim's Land.
- 1618 Jacobszoon voyage of 1618 Lenaert Jacobszoon sighted North West Cape in the north-west of Western Australia
- 1619 Van Edels vayage of 1619 John Van Edels on the west coast.
- 1619 Houtman and Dedel voyage of 1619 *check dates* Frederick de Houtman and J Dedel landed at Bunbury on the west coast of Australia. in the Swan River region and on the Albrolhos and Rottnest Islands in the Dordrecht and the Amsterdam.
- 1621 - 1622 Brooke expedition of 1621 to 1622 *check dates* John Brooke (captain) shipwrecked in the "Tryall", off the western coast of Australia.
1620
[edit]- 1622 Wapen van Hoorn - ship voyage of 1622 Wapen van Hoorn ran aground near Shark Bay, but is refloated.
- 1622 Crew of the Leeuwin voyage of 1622 Crew of the Leeuwin mapped the south westerly coast of Western Australia noting there is a southcoast curving eastwards. Cape Leeuwin was named after the ship.
- 1622 Hessel Gerritszoon voyage of 1622 Hessel Gerritszoon publishes map of Australian coastline
- 1623 Carstenszoon and Coolsteerdt voyage of 1623 *check dates* Jan Carstenszoon (Carstensz) navigates the Gulf of Carpentaria
- 1623 Claes Hermanszoon voyage of 1623 Claes Hermanszoon lands the Leijden south of Dirck Hartog Island and Australia’s first European baby is born here.
- 1626 Daniel Janszoon Cock voyage of 1626 Daniel Janszoon Cock sails the Leijden along the coastline between Zuytdorp Cliffs and Dirck Hartog Island but does not land.
- 1627 Nuyts expedition of 1627 *check dates* Pieter Nuyts stumbles upon the south coast of Western Australia and follows it eastward for about 1500km.
- 1627 Thijssen expedition of 1627 *check dates* Francois Thijssen charted part of south-west coast of Australia and Nuyts Archipelago.
- 1627 Jan Pieterszoon Coen voyage of 1627 Jan Pieterszoon Coen almost collide with the Albrohos reefs in Western Australia.
- 1627 J van Roosenburgh voyage of 1627 J van Roosenburgh makes revisions to the 1616 Eendracht’s map of the Dirck Hartog Island area.
- 1628 Carpentier voyage of 1628 Pieter de Carpentier discovered the Gulf of Carpentaria.
- 1628 De Witt expedition of 1628 *check dates* (departed Batavia on 20 January 1628) Gerrit Frederikszoon De Witt runs Vianen aground off the West Coast (under overall command of Pieter de Carpentier). Gerrit Frederikszoon de Witt the Vianen; north-west coast named after him
- resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
- The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 ("See the Hessel Gerritsz--Huydecoper Chart (No 5.--VII D), which has G. F. De Witts-land." p54)
- C H A P T E R 8 The Bush Tukker Man CONCORDIA AHOY~
- The History of Australian Exploration - Timeline by Ernest Favenc
- Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles
- 1628 - 1629 Pelsaert expedition of 1628 to 1629 *check dates* Francisco Pelsaert wrecked on the west coast of New Holland.
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- resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
- http://gutenberg.net.au/pages/pelsart.html biography of Francois Pelsart]
- The History of Australian Exploration - Timeline by Ernest Favenc
- Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles
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- 1629 Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom De Bye marooning Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom De Bye two of the mutineers of the Batavia mutiny – are taken in a small boat to the mouth of the Hutt River on the mainland and are left with equipment to fend for themselves as punishment for their role in the mutiny. First recorded convict immigrants to Australia.
- 1635 Wijbrandt Geleynszoon De Jongh voyage of 1635 Wijbrandt Geleynszoon De Jongh charts the West Australian coast around latitude 25 degrees S.
- 1636 Pool and Pietersz expedition of 1636 *check dates* also drop 1636 from article title if this is their only expedition together. Gerrit Pool and Pieter Pietersz miss Torres Strait but sight Dundas Strait and name Van Diemen Gulf.
1640
[edit]- 1642 - 1643 Tasman expedition of 1642 to 1643 *check dates* Abel Tasman Circumnavigated Australia; discovered and took possession of Tasmania, New Zealand and some Fijian and Tongan islands.
- resources -biography of Abel Tasman
- link 2
- link 2
- Abel Janszoon Tasman bio page
- Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
- The History of Australian Exploration - Timeline by Ernest Favenc
- Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles
- 1644 Tasman expedition of 1644 *check dates* Abel Tasman on second voyage, established that areas now known as Western Australia and Queensland were part of the same land mass.
- 1648 Jan Janszoon Zeeuw voyage of 1648 Jan Janszoon Zeeuw maps the West Australian coastline in the Leeuwerik approximately 25-26 degrees S.
- 1656 Pieter Albertszoon voyage of 1656 Pieter Albertszoon De Vergulde Draeck is wrecked around 100 kms north of Perth. 7 men sail in small boat to Batavia for help. 68 sailors initially stranded on the coast are never seen again despite several subsequent VOC search parties.
- 1656 De Goede Hoop and De Witte Valk voyage of 1656 De Goede Hoop and De Witte Valk search party
- 1657 Flyboat Vink voyage of 1657 Flyboat Vink search party
- 1658 Samuel Volckersen voyage of 1658 Samuel Volckersen search party
- 1658 Abraham Leeman voyage of 1658 Abraham Leeman abandoned by Volckersen on the Green Islets off the central west coast of Western Australia, sail back to the south coast of Java in a small boat with almost no food or water – only four survive the ordeal and accross Java to arrive in Batavia.
- 1658 Jacob Pieterszoon Peereboom voyage of 1658 Jacob Pieterszoon Peereboom sails the Elburgh in the Cape Leeuwin region and Geographe Bay.
1660
[edit]- 1678 Jan van der Wall voyage of 1678 Jan van der Wall charts the North West coast from North West Cape to Roebuck Bay in the De Vliegende Zwaan.
- 1681 Daniel expedition of 1681 *check dates* John Daniel (ship's captain) sighted New Holland coastline and made a sketch survey of the Wallabi group of Houtman Abrolhos.
- 1687 Duquesne-Guitton voyage of 1687 Abraham Duquesne-Guitton sails with the L’Oiseau en route from Cape of Good Hope taking a French Ambassdor, Claude Ceberet, to set up an Embassy in the Kingdom of Siam, sights the WA coast and sails near the Swan River on the 4th of August. The first recorded French contact with Australia.
- 1688 Read and Dampier voyage of 1688 Captain Read and William Dampier sail the Cygnet into King Sound or Collier Bay in Western Australia and stay around two months whilst repairing their ship. explores the west coast of Australia. First Englishman to suggest that New Holland be explored by the English.
- 1694 Lange and Couper. voyage of 1694 Dirck de Lange and de Hon. James Couper. possibly shipwrecked on the Western Australian coast, or could have been taken by pirates. 326 people go missing, including Skipper Dirck de Lange and de Hon. James Couper.
- 1696 Vlamingh expedition of 1696 *check dates* Willem de Vlamingh charts the southwestern coast of Australia, making landfall at Rottnest Island. He travelled 80 kms inland on the Swan River with ship’s artist Victorszoon, making pictorials of the coast. De Vlamingh replaced Hartog’s pewter plate and then charted Christmas Island on his return trip.
- Jan van Bremen assistant
- Michael Bloem van Estight first pilot
- Nymtangh hooker
- Gerrit Collaert captain
- Theodorus Heermans assistant
- Gerrit Gerritz first pilot
- Weseltje galliot
- Cornelius van Vlaming commander
- Gerrit Coert pilot
- resources - link 2
- Early Voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia
- Willem de Vlamingh bio page
- resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
- The History of Australian Exploration - Timeline by Ernest Favenc
- Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles
- 1699 Dampier voyage of 1699 *check dates* William Dampier Visited Shark's Bay in the "Roebuck".
- resources - biography of William Dampier
- link 2
- link 3
- Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles
- resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
- William Dampier bio page
- The History of Australian Exploration - Timeline by Ernest Favenc