eli5: How did Australian cities emerge in the furthest corner from the direction of travel

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Australia itself is massive, I mean wouldn’t travellers from Europe discover the North-west corner first and start building from that end? But the biggest cities are all the way on the other side of a continent. Why?

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The east coast is a lot wetter and more temperate than the west coast, so even though the boat trip to the west is shorter it’s much easier to colonize the east.

You wouldn’t be too happy if you were deposited on the desolate coast of a desert to start your colony.

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