The history of Australia

The early part of Australian history is filled with the tales of the settlers.Australia is situated in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean.Australia is the largest island in the world and it is the smallest continent.The Commonwealth of Australia is a self-governing federal state.The flag of Australia is the only one to fly over a whole continent.The Australia national anthem was adopted in the 1970ties.The first Europeans visited the shores of Australia in 1606.Australia and Papua New Guinea.On April 20, 1770, Cook sighted land near Cape Everard, in the southeast corner of Australia.It was just a little over 390 years that the Australian continent was discovered.