Dirk Hartog Island (France)

This article is about the specific polity Dirk Hartog Island (France) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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On 28 March 1772, Breton navigator Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn landed on the island and took possession of the Island in Western Australia, that was nominally claimed by the Dutch.

Establishment

March 1772: Dirk Hartog Island, located off the coast of Western Australia, was formally claimed by French navigator Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn on 28 March 1772 in the name of King Louis XV of France. This marked the first European possession of Western Australia.