Why is an understanding of the unveiling of our continent so important?
We know that Indigenous Australians first arrive in Australia well over 40,000 years ago. But the first records of Australia and its history flow from new knowledge gained by people from countries who came here and revealed that there is land, a continent here. Without such documentation, some record, of the existence of that land, starting with our coasts, no-one else would be aware Australia was here, no further exploration would have taken place, no colonies founded, no nation could have grown. Consequently it is a fundamental starting point of what gave rise to today’s Australia.
