captain cook landed in botany bay on 29 april 1770.
captain cook landed in botany bay on 29 april 1770.
when did captain cook land in botany bay?
29 april 1770
the land adjacent to botany bay was settled for many thousands of years by the tharawal and eora aboriginal peoples and their associated clans. on 29 april 1770, botany bay was the site of james cook's first landing of hms "endeavour" on the land mass of australia, after his extensive navigation of new zealand. later the british planned botany bay as the site for a penal colony. out of these plans came the first european habitation of australia at sydney cove. although the penal settlement was almost immediately shifted to sydney cove, for some time in britain transportation to "botany bay" was a metonym for transportation to any of the australian penal settlements.
botany bay
bullet::::- city of botany bay, the local government area in new south wales









































bullet::::- botany bay, trinity peninsula, a bay on trinity peninsula, antarctica









































bullet::::- botany bay, victoria land, a bay in victoria land, antarctica









































bullet::::- botany bay, former name of an area of henbury, bristol, united kingdom









































bullet::::- botany bay, a residential quadrangle in trinity college, dublin.









































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bullet::::- "botany bay", a 1941 novel by charles nordhoff and james norman hall









































bullet::::- "botany bay" (song), a folk song recorded by rolf harris among others









































bullet::::- "botany bay" (film), a 1953 film starring alan ladd
botany bay (disambiguation)