The other map-maker who employs the term Australia on maps during this period is Gemma Frisius (1508-55) who was Mercator’s teacher and collaborator.

In life, Captain Matthew Flinders was a prolific explorer, the first to circumnavigate Australia and put the continent on European maps. But in death, well, he got lost. It wasn’t his fault.

British mapmakers have followed up maps of hilarious place names in the UK and US with one of Australia, land of Titwobble Lane and Pisspot Creek. Finally, a map of all the Knobs in Australia - CNET X ...

As seen in the map above, using data from the U.S. Geological Survey, Australia benefits from a substantial mineral endowment. Australia is home to numerous deposits of rare earths like xenotime ...

Australia’s place as part of Asia is clear on the map, but not so, it seems, in the minds of the public in Australia and some of its closest Asian neighbours. There are bright spots for sure.

A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.

The history of Australia’s mapping shows that Europeans were driven to look for this land by an idea, a fantasy, which slowly took shape until the reality of Australia finally displaced the imagined ...