14th of May marks the 400th anniversary of Australia being named 'Southland of the Holy Spirit'.
1606 was the year in which a Dutch ship, captained by Pedro Fernadez De Quiros, and interestingly named the 'Dufken', or 'Dove', a symbol of the Holy Spirit, recorded first contact between Europeans and Aborigines, and sighted the land which he called 'Austrialia del Espiritu Santo'.
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