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Why is Australia called Australia?

[N 6] The name Australia was popularised by the explorer Matthew Flinders, who said it was "more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the Earth".

What is Australia known for?

Australia is also known for its animals. The national symbols of Australia are the kangaroo and the golden wattle. Scientifically, perhaps even more important are its two monotreme mammals: the platypus and the echidna. [./ Https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_ratio_in_Australia.png Golden ratio in Australia]

When was Australia first called Australia?

In 1794, the term Australia was specifically applied to the region for the first time by botanists Sir James Smith and George Shaw wrote in their 1973 Zoology and Botany of New Holland of ‘the vast island or rather continent of New Holland, Australia or Australasia’. In 1799, James Wilson included it on a chart.

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