In 1770 Capt. James Cook became the first European to sight Australia's fertile east coast, which he named "New" this
The Hawkesbury River, the 
largest on the east coast of Australia, ...... Cook was unaware of their existence, 
as they were out of sight, but he became painfully acquainted with... [DOC] [TLE] Australian Quotes & Notes - The Quotes - Ancient Times until 1850 [PAR] Luis de Torres sailed through the strait which bears his name in 1606, thus 
demolishing that ... Howe and the early diarists and letter writers became 
Australia's first folk historians.