A French explorer did arrive in botany Bay, but it was actually 8 days after the English.
French navy officer Jean-François de Galaup sailed from Alaska to Northeast Asia, and then on down to Australia, where he arrived at Botany Bay on 26 January 1788, eight days after the First Fleet had departed the Bay for Port Jackson, to the north.
De Galaup sent his journals and letters back to Europe via a British vessel returning after delivering the First Fleet, and he is believed to have continued his voyage towards the southern coast of Australia. The waters in the south are notoriously treacherous, and no sign of either de Galaup or his crew was ever sighted again.
Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of convicts landed at Botany Bay (but did not stay there) in 1788.
The First Fleet landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. However, as Botany Bay was unsuitable for establlshing a new colony for a variety of reasons, the fleet moved to Port Jackson, where they settled, on 26 January 1788. N.B. The First Fleet, which transported convicts to Australia, should not be confused with other notable voyages there, such as the first known landing, by Willem Janszoon in 1606, or Lieutenant James Cook's expedition, which left Great Britain in 1768 and landed in Botany Bay in 1770.
The answer is obviously supposed to be 1788, but this would be incorrect.The First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788(not 26 January) but did not stay there. Captain Arthur Phillip noted that Botany Bay was unsuitable for settlement, so he moved the First Fleet further north to Port Jackson (where Sydney now stands), arriving there on 26 January 1788.
The First Fleet, carrying convicts, officers, marines, and their families, landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, but did not disembark. The Fleet then landed in Port Jackson, where Sydney is now located, on 26 January 1788, to establish a convict colony.
The history of the French in Australia dates from the arrival of the La Perouse expedition at Botany Bay in January 1788, just days after the landing of the First Fleet, and French people have been living in Australia almost ever since. French Cuisine would have been introduced around that time.
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The earliest settlers arrived in New South Wales on 26 January 1788. They actually arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, but did not stay there, moving north to Port Jackson.
The First Fleet first arrived in botany Bay on 18 January 1788, but it did not stay there, and the convicts did not disembark. Due to several problems with the site, the fleet moved to Port Jackson, arriving on 26 January 1788.
On 26 January 1788, just six days after the First Fleet had departed from Botany Bay and headed north to Port Jackson, French explorer Le Compte de Laperouse arrived at Botany Bay.
Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of convicts landed at Botany Bay (but did not stay there) in 1788.
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The First Fleet ship, the Charlotte, reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788 but, with the rest of the First Fleet was moced to Port Jackson, arriving on 26 January 1788.
The First Fleet landed in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. However, as Botany Bay was unsuitable for establlshing a new colony for a variety of reasons, the fleet moved to Port Jackson, where they settled, on 26 January 1788. N.B. The First Fleet, which transported convicts to Australia, should not be confused with other notable voyages there, such as the first known landing, by Willem Janszoon in 1606, or Lieutenant James Cook's expedition, which left Great Britain in 1768 and landed in Botany Bay in 1770.
The answer is obviously supposed to be 1788, but this would be incorrect.The First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788(not 26 January) but did not stay there. Captain Arthur Phillip noted that Botany Bay was unsuitable for settlement, so he moved the First Fleet further north to Port Jackson (where Sydney now stands), arriving there on 26 January 1788.
No, actually: the First Fleet landed at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, but decided it was unsuitable for settlement. The Fleet then moved on to Port Jackson, where it landed on 26 January 1788.
The first one to actually colonise Australia was Captain Arthur Phillip, the Governor of the new penal colony of New South Wales. He arrived at Port Jackson with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788, although the Fleet originally sailed into Botany Bay on 18 January 1788.
The First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, but the convicts did not disembark, because Captain Arthur Phillip recognised that Botany Bay lacked vital resources to sustain a colony. The fleet was moved about eight kilometres north, to Port Jackson. The official date of arrival of the First Fleet was 26 January 1788. This is the day now known as Australia Day.