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Botany Bay

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Botany Bay inlet, New South Wales, SE Australia, just S of Sydney. It was visited in 1770 by James Cook, who proclaimed British sovereignty over the east coast of Australia. The site of the landing is marked by a monument on Inscription Point. The bay was named by Cook and Sir Joseph Banks because of the interesting flora on its shores. Although Australia's first penal colony was often called Botany Bay, its actual site was at Sydney on Port Jackson. The bay is now an important cargo port with chemical facilities and an oil refinery. Author not available, BOTANY BAY. , The Columbia... Read more
Botany Bay
Botany Bay, discovered on 29 April 1770 by Captain...Botanists' (Harbour and Bay), and finally Botany Bay in his journal, probably to honour the botanists...novelties. Banks later (1786) advocated Botany Bay as an ideal place for a penal colony on... Read more
Botany Bay
Botany Bay An inlet of the Tasman Sea on the coast of New South Wales, south-east Australia, just south of Sydney. In 1770 Captain James COOK landed here naming the bay after the large variety of plants collected by the naturalist on the voyage... Read more

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