Australian places with Dutch names
- Australian places with Dutch names
There are many Australian places which have Dutch names dating from the 17th century due to the Dutch voyages of exploration along the western, northern and southern Australian coasts. Other places were named after the early Dutch explorers by later British explorers or colonists, for instance the Australian state of Tasmania is named after Abel Tasman. Australia itself was called New Holland by the Dutch.
Places named by the Dutch
Queensland
The Dutch charted the western side of Cape York Peninsula and the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landfall in Australia during the Janszoon voyage of 1606.
South Australia
Tasmania
Places named after the Dutch
Other places were given Dutch names by later explorers or colonists in honour of the Dutch. These include:
*Duyfken Point - coord|12|34|S|141|35|E near Weipa where Willem Janszoon first sighted the Australian coast in 1606.
*Tasmania - Australian state, along with [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=tasman&placetype=0&state=TAS 31 other places] with the name of Tasman in Tasmania
*Zeehan, Tasmania - coord|41|53|S|145|20|E town and nearby Mount Zeehan, named by George Bass and Matthew Flinders after Abel Tasman's ship Zeehaen. It is near where Tasman first sighted Tasmania.
Reference
* [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600571h.html Project Gutenberg, Abel Tasman's Journal]
* [http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/dutch.htm Dutch settlers in South Australia]
* [http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600541h.html Project Gutenberg, The Discovery of Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land.), New Zealand, and Bass' Straits.]
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