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The First Fleet initially landed at botany Bay in New South Wales on 18 January 1788, as this was the location recommended by James Cook and botanist Sir Joseph Banks when they first sailed up the eastern coast of Australia eighteen years earlier.

The First Fleet moved from Botany Bay, as Governor Arthur Phillip noted straight away that the conditions there were not suitable for settlement. The fleet then arrived at Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. This is where the city of Sydney now stands.

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