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    New Holland (Dutch: Nieuw-Holland) is a historical European name for mainland Australia. The name was first applied to Australia in 1644 by the Dutch...
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  • Look up New Holland in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. New Holland may refer to: Dutch colonial claims New Holland (Acadia), 1670s claim in northeastern...
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    replacing "New Holland", an English translation of the Dutch name, first given by Abel Tasman in 1643 as the name for the continent. The name Australia has been...
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    The New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) is a honeyeater species found throughout southern Australia. It was among the first birds to...
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    named it New Holland. Tasmania which Tasman had named Van Diemens Land and the Tasman Sea were eventually named after him. Most of the Australian coastline...
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  • New Holland is a global full-line agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in New Holland, Pennsylvania, and now based in Turin, Italy. New Holland's...
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    privateers under new Captain John Read sailed on to Manila, Poulo Condor in modern-day Vietnam, China, the Spice Islands, and New Holland (Australia). Contrary...
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    The John Holland Group is an infrastructure, building, rail and transport business operating in Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Melbourne,...
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    independent Dutch Republic. The area of the former County of Holland roughly coincides with the two current Dutch provinces of North Holland and South Holland into...
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    Abel Tasman. Australia itself was called New Holland by the English and Nieuw Holland by the Dutch. The Dutch charted the western side of Cape York Peninsula...
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