Botany Bay

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Botany Bay is a bay in New South Wales, Australia, historically significant as one of the first sites of European landfall and exploration on the continent and later considered for British penal settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
coastal inlet
adjacentTo Kurnell Peninsula
linked to: Balmain Peninsula

Port Botany
Sydney Airport
arrivalOf First Fleet in 1788
associatedWith First Fleet
consideredFor British penal settlement
contains Kamay Botany Bay National Park
Towra Point Nature Reserve
country Australia
discoveredByEuropeans James Cook
ecosystemType estuarine bay
firstEuropeanLandingBy crew of HMS Endeavour
firstEuropeanLandingDate 1770-04-29
hasFeature sand dunes at Kurnell Peninsula
hasInflow Cooks River NERFINISHED
Georges River
Woronora River NERFINISHED
hasMouth Tasman Sea
hasPort Port Botany
historicalSignificance initially proposed site for British penal colony in Australia
one of the first sites of sustained European exploration on the Australian east coast
locatedIn New South Wales
Sydney
locatedOn east coast of Australia
locatedSouthOf Port Jackson
linked to: Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour
namedAfter botany
namedBy James Cook
nameReason abundance of plant specimens collected there
near Brighton-Le-Sands
Kurnell
La Perouse
Mascot
Sydney central business district
partOf South Pacific Ocean
Tasman Sea
replacedBy Port Jackson as site of first British settlement
shoreLocalGovernmentArea Bayside Council
Sutherland Shire
traditionalOwners Dharawal people
Eora people
Gweagal people
linked to: Dharawal people
usedFor fishing
port facilities
recreation
shipping
visitedBy Daniel Solander
Joseph Banks

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HMS Endeavour visited Botany Bay
Georges River mouthLocatedIn Botany Bay
Georges River flowsInto Botany Bay
Georges River riverSystem Botany Bay catchment
linked to: Botany Bay
SS Botany Bay namedAfter Botany Bay (historic Australian penal colony region)
linked to: Botany Bay
Arthur Phillip arrivalLocation Botany Bay
subject linked to: Phillip
Alexander (ship) destination Botany Bay
Charlotte (ship) destination Botany Bay
Lady Penrhyn arrivedAt Botany Bay
subject linked to: Lady Penrhyn (ship)
Scarborough (ship) destination Botany Bay
Borrowdale arrivalRegion Botany Bay
subject linked to: Borrowdale (ship)
Golden Grove destination Botany Bay
subject linked to: Golden Grove (ship)
Sutherland Shire borders Botany Bay
Port Botany locatedIn Botany Bay
HMS Supply arrivalPort Botany Bay
HMS Sirius arrivedAt Botany Bay
St George district borderedBy Botany Bay