The Discovery That Could Rewrite Aussie History

[James247Kent]

The discovery that could rewrite Australian history: Ancient copper coins suggest the country was found SIX CENTURIES before Captain Cook arrived
Coins found date back as early as the 900s - six centuries before Captain Cook claimed the island for the British throne in 1770

They were thought to have originated from a former African sultanate in Kilwa, near modern-day Tanzania

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[beachcombermike]

it's always possible of course as many ancient seamen have been known to have landed on Australian shores before cook got here but I know of at least one person here that found an ancient ROMAN coin just north of Sydney and I somehow doubt that they came this far. mike.

[Donnydave]

Gavin Menzies wrote the book 1421 The Year China Discovered the World a great read but scoffed at by Australian experts, but Menzies reckons that the fleet included ships from Africa?

[Puffin]

it's always possible of course as many ancient seamen have been known to have landed on Australian shores before cook got here but I know of at least one person here that found an ancient ROMAN coin just north of Sydney and I somehow doubt that they came this far. mike.

Its also possible that a returning WW1 soldier may have picked up a hand full of interesting coins in an African market before returning home?

[flipperbrownsnout]

it's always possible of course as many ancient seamen have been known to have landed on Australian shores before cook got here but I know of at least one person here that found an ancient ROMAN coin just north of Sydney and I somehow doubt that they came this far. mike.

remember reading some years back of a person who found 4 or 5 in his back yard over there