New Holland (Australia): Timeline

1770   James Cook James Cook

Captain [i] James Cook, FRS [i], RN [i] was an English [i] explorer, navigator [i] ... 

 claims the eastern coast of New Holland New Holland (Australia)

New Holland is a historic [i] name for the island [i] continent [i] of Australia [i]. ... 

 (Australia Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere [i] c ... 

) for Great Britain Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe [i] and to the east of Ireland [i] ... 

 .

1804   Matthew Flinders Matthew Flinders

Captain [i] Matthew Flinders. ... 

 recommends that the newly discovered country, New Holland New Holland (Australia)

New Holland is a historic [i] name for the island [i] continent [i] of Australia [i]. ... 

, be renamed "Australia Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere [i] c ... 

" (from the latin "australis" meaning "of the south").

1824   The name ''Australia Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere [i] c ... 

'', recommended by Matthew Flinders Matthew Flinders

Captain [i] Matthew Flinders. ... 

 in 1804, is finally adopted as the official name of the country once known as ''New Holland New Holland (Australia)

New Holland is a historic [i] name for the island [i] continent [i] of Australia [i]. ... 

''.