Some Australian History

What year was Australia discovered? If you had the same education as I did, you instinctively think of 1770 and Captain Cook, right? (And you can do it without using Google!) Funnily enough, the Westernmost tip of Australian mainland (Steep Point) bears a plate marking the arrival of Dutch Explorers in the 1600s, along with the names these explorers gave to land formations. Red Bluff in Kalbarri was named by de Vlamingh in the 1690s, 80 years before Cook – and de Vlamingh arrived some 70 years after Dirk Hartog. This history is commonly known in WA, but not the East. Something about the place we sit affecting what we see?