French Western Australia was a French territorial claim in modern-day Western Australia. It was made at Dirk Hartog Island by an expedition under French explorer Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn in 1772.
Coastline of D'Entrecasteaux National Park in 2008
Nicolas Baudin's bust plaque in Busselton in 2022
Nicolas Baudin Bust in Busselton in 2022
According to the theory of the Portuguese discovery of Australia, early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia, between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of the Dutch n
French Western Australia
…Binot Paulmier de Gonneville (c. 1480-c. 1560), potential discoverer of Terra Australis, around 1504 Theory of the Portuguese discovery of Australia (1522) Jave la Grande…
Monument including statues of Vasco Da Gama and Prince Henry the Navigator, at Warrnambool, Victoria
Title page of Speculum Orbis Terrae, an atlas published in 1593. Kenneth McIntyre argues the animal in the bottom right corner is a kangaroo.
Remains of Bittangabee House, constructed by the Imlay Brothers and abandoned before completion c. 1844. Claimed by Kenneth McIntyre to be Portuguese and by Gavin Menzies as of Chinese construction.