STRALIAРEarly history ? ? ----AboriginalРDiscovery and Exploration?of AustraliaРDiscoveryРDiscovery: Explorer:?Cape York Peninsula → Willem Janszoon?(Ships:Duyfken)?Shark Bay,Western Australia → Dirk Hartog?(Ships:Eendracht)Р★ Early 1606: Willem Janszoon, a Dutch explorer, sails to Western Australia.Р♦Willem Janszoon (1570–1630)? ♦Dutch navigator & colonial governorРDuyfkenРCape York PeninsulaРCape York PeninsulaРCape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland at the tip of the state of Queensland, Australia, the largest unspoilt wilderness in eastern Australia and one of the last remaining wilderness areas on Earth.РDirk HartogРThe first European to visit Western Australia was the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616.