Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of convicts landed at Botany Bay (but did not stay there) in 1788.
None. Captain Cook did not carry convicts. His was a mission of exploration and discovery. Cook was not part of the First Fleet of convicts to Australia. Cook's only part in the passage of convicts was to recommend Botany Bay as a suitable site for a penal colony, but he died nine years before the First Fleet arrived.
In January 1788, the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay, bringing approximately 736 convicts and around 200 freemen, including sailors and marines. The fleet consisted of 11 ships, which transported these individuals from England to establish the first European colony in Australia. The convicts were primarily sentenced for various crimes, while the freemen included those responsible for the administration and support of the new settlement.
The distance from Botany Bay to Port Jackson is about 8km.
James Cook originally called Botany Bay Stingray Harbour.The name Botany Bay was suggested by Joseph Banks, the famed scientists and botanist who travelled with James Cook between 1768 and 1771. Banks was impressed by all the new species of flora and collected many new botanical specimens at Botany Bay - hence the name change.
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the convicts
Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of convicts landed at Botany Bay (but did not stay there) in 1788.
In 1788, approximately 775 convicts and 645 freemen (including marines, officers, and their families) arrived in Botany Bay with the First Fleet, which was the first European settlement of Australia.
A Bay Fever is an obsolete slang term used in Australia to refer to an illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.
The first Australian settlement was restricted to what was then called Sydney Cove. This was in Port Jackson. There were no convicts at Botany Bay.
Sydney.The first convicts were sent to New South Wales to colonise Botany Bay, but Botany Bay proved unsuitable, so the fleet moved north to Port jackson, where Sydney now stands.
None. Captain Cook did not carry convicts. His was a mission of exploration and discovery. Cook was not part of the First Fleet of convicts to Australia. Cook's only part in the passage of convicts was to recommend Botany Bay as a suitable site for a penal colony, but he died nine years before the First Fleet arrived.
The First Fleet convicts were taken to New South Wales. Specifically, the First Fleet was headed for Botany Bay, although ultimately it ended up in Port Jackson.
Botany Bay is in Australia.
The First Fleet of convicts left Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787, and arrived in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788.
Botany Bay is in New South Wales.