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Bookmark or Share- From Captain Cook to the First Fleet: how Botany Bay was chosen over ...If war broke out with Spain in the region, Botany Bay could be a place of refuge for British naval vessels.
- The Arrival of Prisoners at Botany Bay Penal ColonyAbout 162,000 male and female prisoners were sent to Botany Bay between 1788 and 1868, the last year that convicts were sent there. Most prisoners at Botany Bay were from England, Ireland, or Scotland, but some were from other colonies of England such as Canada, India, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the countries of the Caribbean Sea.
- Botany Bay - WikipediaBotany Bay (Dharawal: Kamay) is an open oceanic embayment, [2] located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km (8 mi) south of the Sydney central business district.
- Botany Bay | Australia, Map, History, & Facts | BritannicaBotany Bay, inlet of the Tasman Sea (Pacific Ocean), indenting New South Wales, Australia. Roughly circular, about 5 miles (8 km) across and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at its mouth (between the La Perouse and Kurnell peninsulas), it receives the Georges and Cooks rivers. The bay was the site in 1770 of.
- Kamay – Botany Bay - National Museum of AustraliaIt was at Kamay (Botany Bay) that James Cook first set foot on the Australian continent. His landing was challenged by two men, from the Gweagal clan of the Dharawal nation, standing on the beach. For many Australians, this is one of Australia’s foundational moments in history.
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