位于大洋洲的澳大利亚是有人定居的大陆中最晚被发现的,15世纪时被欧洲人假想为神秘的“南大陆”。16至17世纪,在西班牙的路易斯·托雷斯、荷兰的阿贝尔·塔斯曼、英国的库克船长等西方航海家、探险家的不懈努力下,人类基本完成了对澳大利亚及其附近岛屿、海区的发现,这一地区 Australia, located in Oceania, was the latest discovered continent inhabited by people and was conceived as a mysterious “South China Sea” by Europeans in the 15th century. From the 16th to the 17th century, with the tireless efforts of Western navigators and explorers such as Luis Torres of Spain, Abel Tasman of the Netherlands and Captain Cook of the United Kingdom, mankind basically completed the discovery of the islands and sea areas in Australia and its vicinity This area