In 1606, Willem Janszoon landed on Cape York Peninsula, becoming the 1st European to visit this continent
... people of the Australian continent probably first sighted 
Europeans when the Dutch jacht (or yacht) Duyfken, commanded by Willem 
Janszoon,... [DOC] [TLE] Pre-1616 | Western Australian Museum [PAR] Australia was not an uninhabited continent when the first Europeans arrived ... 
coast 400 years ago, and before Duyfken visited the Cape York Peninsula in 
1606.