Australia discovered cannons dating from 250 years ago

According to a reporter in Sydney, Australia, scientists from the country said a cannon from 250 years ago discovered in the remote territory of the Northern Territory (Northern Territory) could make the calendar Australian history must be rewritten.

The 107cm long gun, a type of light anti-infantry light artillery, was found by a young boy at Dundee beach to the southwest of Darwin.

The 250-year-old cannon was found by Christopher Doukas in the sand at low tide.(Photo: AAP)

This is considered more evidence that foreigners have arrived in Australia before Captain James Cook discovered and added Australia to the map in 1770.

The researchers believe that the cannons could be built in 1760, the time when trade began from Indonesia and could belong to a ship of the country that was blown away from the voyage by the sea wind. and washed ashore on Australia.

Currently Australian scientists are cooperating with North American colleagues to study the origin of copper metal used to make this cannon.

Australian scientist Tim Stone said the cannon was one of the most important archaeological objects found in Northern Australia, which could help rewrite the country's history.

So far, Australian historians still believe that the Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon was the first European to visit the Australian coast in 1606, a few years later the visit of the Dutch navigator Dirk Hartog.