Where is Cape Keerweer?

Cape Keerweer is in northwest of Queensland on the Arafura Sea which is part of the Indian Ocean. The nearest road to Cape Keerweer is an unsealed road that is un-named in our database (15.2km away).

Where did the Duyfken land in Australia?

The ship made landfall at the Pennefather River in the Gulf of Carpentaria. This was the first authenticated landing on Australian soil and for the first time all the inhabited continents of the world were known to the European science of geography.

Where did Willem Janszoon first land in Australia?

Cape York
On 26 February 1606, Janzoon made landfall at the Pennefather River on the western shore of Cape York in Queensland, near what is now the town of Weipa. This is the first recorded European landfall on the Australian continent.

What did Willem Janszoon call Australia?

After losing a man in a clash with Aborigines (native Australians), Jansz spotted a land projection that he named Cape Keer-Weer (Turn Again). Unbeknownst to them, Jansz and his crew had actually discovered what is today known as Cape York, the northeastern tip of Australia.

Where did Willem Janszoon come from?

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Willem Janszoon/Place of birth

Who really discovered Australia?

Willem Janszoon
While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australia by a European was in 1606. The Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300 km of coastline.

Did Willem Janszoon get married?

In November 1628 he was sent home as one of the three joint-commanders of a fleet which reached Holland in July 1629. On arrival he was sent to report to the States-General and the stadtholder on the state of the Indies, and thereafter he drops out of sight. It does not appear that he ever married.