澳大利亚文化介绍(英文版)(14)

Colonial Period William Dampier was the first English sailor landed on the northwest coast of Australia in 1688 James Cook landed on the east coast of A ustralia in 1768 .He named the land and claimed the land for the English King The English began to colonize Australia in order to compete with the French and establish a penal colny for the British convicts in the 1780s