Australia is w est I ndianOcean and East to the south Pacific c oral sea and Tasm an oc ean, is the latest continent that have been discovered except Antarc tic a.Australia’s National surface area near 770 million square kilometers,Equivalent to the British Isles 25 tim es and is almost India and Pakistan twice of the total area of the two countries. In the 2nd century BC, Greek m athematicianPtolus in his draw ing of a world m ap calls it undiscovered continent.In the 1 860’s, Captain J am es Cook of British navy w as sent to Tahiti to dosom e astronomical observations. After the mission, Captain J am es Cook drove the ship “ Endeavour” south bypass New Zealand.
In April 1 970, Captain Cook disc overed the southeast c orner’s land of Australia w here near the Erard, then they sailed north. After nine days, Captain Cook landed the new land in the east. Bec ause he found a wide variety of plants there, so he nam ed this place as Botany Bay.