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On 25 October 1616, Dirk Hartog became the first European to set foot on the shores of western Australia, and only the second to record encountering the Australian continent. Landing on a rugged offshore island (now known as Dirk Hartog Island), he left a pewter plate describing his ship’s arrival and voyage.
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