NOT SUBBED Englishman William Dampier visits the west coast of Australia, becoming the first Englishman to explore parts of the Australian coastline. He notes his derogatory impressions of Aboriginal people, writing "The inhabitants of this country are the miserabilist people in the world." While he's on what will be named the Dampier Peninsula, he also records that Aboriginal people raise their weapons to defend their stone-walled tidal fish trap. Fish trap mentioned at the 8,000 year point