How long have people been living in Australia?
Q: How long have people been living in Australia?
A: People have been living in Australia for over 65,000 years.
Q: Who were the first people to arrive in Australia?
A: The first people who arrived in Australia were the Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander people's.
Q: What did they do to survive?
A: They lived by hunting, fishing and gathering. They also invented tools like boomerangs and spears, and there is evidence that they used farming methods.
Q: What religion did the Aboriginal peoples practice?
A: Their religion was called the Dreamtime, which had lots of stories about the creation of the world by spirits.
Q: When did European exploration begin in Australia?
A: In 1606, Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon (1571–1639) visited the west coast of Australia.
Q: Who was responsible for naming New South Wales?
A: Captain James Cook named New South Wales after finding its fertile east coast in 1770.
Q: Who published a map of Australia for the first time using this name? A: Englishman Matthew Flinders published his map of the coast in 1814, calling it Australia for the first time, a name later formally adopted by authorities.
