Australien, Das wars!
Australia was the last great landmass to be discovered by Europeans. Long before the British claimed it as their own, European explorers and traders had been dreaming of the riches to be found in the unknown - some said mythical - southern land (terra australis) that was supposed to form a counterbalance to the landmass north of the equator. The continent they eventually found had already been inhabited for tens of thousands of years.
Quelle: Lonely Planet Western Australia