The cultural ethos in Europe at the time of Australian settlement was that inspired by th eEnlightenment and its appeal to logic and science.
The articles in this section discuss the situation in Europe at this time.
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- . . . Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
- . . . Theophrastus
- . . . Epicurus
- . . . Philip Miller
- . . . Linnaeus & Solander
- . . . Josephine Bonaparte
- . . . Joseph Banks
- . . . Robert Brown
- . . . Charles Darwin
- . . . Alexander von Humboldt
- . . . Joseph Hooker & Thomas Huxley
- . . . Alfred Russel Wallace
- . . . Ferdinand Mueller
- . . . Plant science people
- . . . Australian plant people
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- European maritime history
- . . . European colonial expansion
- . . . Early sightings of Australia
- . . . Spanish & Portuguese
- . . . The Dutch
- . . . English – Will. Dampier
- . . . . . . James Cook
- . . . . . . William Bligh
- . . . . . . Matthew Flinders
- . . . . . . Vancouver & Menzies
- . . . . . . Darwin & HMS Beagle
- . . . French – La Perouse & before
- . . . . . . D’Entrecasteaux
- . . . . . . Baudin
- . . . . . . after Baudin
- Settlement Science
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- Euro-Australian history
- . . . 1788 – British heritage
- . . . 1788 – Settlement
- . . . 1788-1792 Governor Arthur Phillip
- . . . 1792-1795 Majors Grose & Paterson
- . . . 1795-1800 Governor John Hunter
- . . . 1800-1806 Governor Philip King
- . . . 1806-1808 Governor William Bligh
- . . . 1810-1821 Major-Gen. Lachlan Macquarie
- . . . 1821-1825 Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Brisbane
- . . . 1825-1831 Lt Gen. Sir Ralph Darling
- . . . Tasmania
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