Sydney Cove, located in Port Jackson, New South Wales, was discovered by Captain Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of NSW. This site was first located by Phillip on 21 or 22 January 1788.
Captain Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet of convicts and officers to New South Wales. The convict colony was supposed to be established at botany Bay, which the First Fleet reached on 18 January 1788. Botany Bay had been recommended by Captain James Cook and famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks as suitable for settlement following Cook's successful voyage to the eastern coast of the Great South Land. However, upon reaching the location, Phillip determined that the bay was unsuitable for settlement, so he reconnoitred north to find a better site. He returned to lead the Fleet into Port Jackson, eight kilometres north, and the site where Sydney would be founded, on 26 January 1788.
Sydney Cove was named after the British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney.
The First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
Sydney Cove is a small bay on the southern shore of Port Jackson on the coast of the state New South Wales, Australia
The man who led the First Fleet and established the colony at Sydney Cove was Captain Arthur Phillip.
Sydney Cove
The Iron Cove Bridge was constructed because it had to cross the Iron Cove River, this was to improve Sydney's development.
Arthur Phillip named Sydney Cove on Port Jackson after the British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, the First Viscount Sydney of England, in recognition of Sydney's role in issuing the charter authorising Phillip to establish a penal (prison) colony. The settlement of Sydney grew at Sydney Cove, becoming known simply as "Sydney".
Sydney Opera House is located on the tip of Bennelong Point in Sydney, Australia. It is surrounded by harbour on 3 sides by Sydney Cove and Farm Cove and the fourth side neighbours the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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Captain Arthur Phillip named Manly Cove in Sydney Harbour. As Phillip studied the indigenous people standing, watching him, he noted in his journal "Their confidence and manly behaviour made me give the name of Manly Cove to this place".
Aboriginal people referred to Sydney Cove as "Warrane," which means "a place of the sea" in the language of the Gadigal clan, who were the traditional custodians of the area. The name reflects the significance of the cove's coastal location and the cultural connection the Aboriginal people had to the land and water.
New South Wales is a state and has lots of bays on its east coast. However Sydney is located on Sydney Cove Sydney Harbour.