Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian history/Exploration

List of Articles
Listed below are existing articles related to Exploration of Australia, and red links to articles that should/could get written. Many of the explorer biography articles do have information already detailed about particular explorations made, and should be the starting point for building an expedition specific article. Also resources are noted for each expedition. Please add resources where helpful. If a resource does not pertain to a particular expedition, please move it to the relevant spot on the list, or remove where appropriate.

Exploration of Australia - General Subjects
These articles relate to exploration subjects.
 * European exploration of Australia
 * Theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia
 * Inland sea

Some subjects to consider writing an article on
 * Dutch exploration of Australia
 * Bass Strait discovery
 * Crossing the Blue Mountains
 * Charting the Rivers of Australia
 * Macassan contact with Australia Makassan fishermen harvested trepang from our Northern coasts, selling them to the Chinese, from the 17th century onwards, but possibly earlier. But no individual, year or particular landing was recorded until Flinders mentions them in his records. Inconclusive evidence suggests that Makassans may have come to Australia since the 14th century, but not to catch trepang.
 * resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
 * Flinders draws preliminary map of Australia Mathew Flinders creates his first preliminary (almost complete) map of the Australian coast when a prisoner at Mauritius and has it smuggled to England. The case is not opened until he returns.
 * resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
 * Freycinet publishes map of Australia Louis de Freycinet publishes “Atlas” in Paris with the first published 'complete' map of the Australian coast (after publishing maps of parts of the coast earlier) including data from the Baudin voyage.
 * resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials
 * Flinders publishes "Narrative" Matthew Flinders publishes “Narrative” in London including his reviewed map of Australia including the data from his voyage. He indicates a desire to acknowledge the Navigators that came before him and implements this in some of the place names on his map.
 * resource - Database Of Selected Landings On The Australian Coast From 1606 To 1814 In Chronological Order With Brief Narrative Of The Essentials

Coast sightings
Partial list complied by User:Gnangarra at VOC 17th list
 * resources - Major, Richard Henry (1859). Early Voyages to Terra Australis, Now Called Australia Printed for the Hakluyt Society. Link to Index

No specific Expedition information found yet

 * Frank Wittenoom date of exploration needs to be found
 * Blyth Who is this? Ernest Giles mentions the name in Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles, in the same era as Vancouver (My guess is William Bligh, and either Giles couldn't spell, or there was an error by project Gutenberg Grahamec.)

Status for Australian exploration questioned
These articles have been included in Category:Explorers of Australia. Describing them as explorers may not be accurate. Please check.
 * Len Beadell - pioneer more than explorer?
 * Robyn Davidson – is she correctly termed an explorer in contemporary society?
 * Charles von Hügel - aristocrat tour of Australia? Is this exploration?
 * Timothy O'Hea - mistaken identity with his brother?
 * Willem Schouten - Australian explorer? Unsure what part of Australia he came in contact with, and there was no intent to discover Australia.
 * Tom Cue not sure of his categorisation as an explorer
 * Mick Leahy bio page at ADB Michael James Leahy bio page - Papua New Guinea explorer.