First white child in Australia

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Seebaer van Nieuwelant (born 27 July 1623), son of Willemtgen and Willem Janszoon, was born south of Dirk Hartog Island, in present-day Western Australia. His father, not to be confused with the earlier Dutch explorer of the same name, was a midshipman from Amsterdam. He and his wife were aboard the Leijden, commanded by Claes Hermanszoon, which was charting the coast at the time. Their son's name in Dutch meant "sea-born (or sea-birth) of new land". [1]

Claims have appeared in Australian newspapers in recent times of first children born to European parents in each of the colonies:

New South Wales

Elizabeth Baker, born in Sydney Cove, of Susannah Huffnell, convict First Fleet and William Baker, sergeant of Marines First Fleet, baptised in Sydney Cove on 1 January 1789, hence born in 1788. [4]

Later articles put her as the second white female, [5] [6] then with historical evidence of convict women having given birth earlier, the claim (originating with a notable descendant) was qualified with the expression "free born", but even so, genealogists reckon she may have been the twentieth. [7]

Small married Francis Oakes on 27 January 1806; [8] George Oakes and Francis Oakes were two of their sons.
Victoria

Other names have been proposed:

the congregation of these dates can have nothing to do with the declaration of the Colony of Victoria, which occurred much later, on 1 July 1851.
South Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory

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