Botany Bay

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bay coastal inlet

Botany Bay is a bay in New South Wales, Australia, historically significant as one of the first sites of European landfall and exploration on the continent and later considered for British penal settlement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Botany Bay canonical	18
Botany Bay (historic Australian penal colony region)	1
Botany Bay catchment	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bay ⓘ coastal inlet ⓘ
adjacentTo	Balmain Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Kurnell Peninsula Port Botany ⓘ Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport ⓘ surface form: Sydney Airport
arrivalOf	First Fleet in 1788 ⓘ
associatedWith	Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ surface form: First Fleet
consideredFor	British penal settlement ⓘ
contains	Kamay Botany Bay National Park ⓘ Towra Point Nature Reserve ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans	James Cook ⓘ
ecosystemType	estuarine bay ⓘ
firstEuropeanLandingBy	crew of HMS Endeavour ⓘ
firstEuropeanLandingDate	1770-04-29 ⓘ
hasFeature	sand dunes at Kurnell Peninsula ⓘ
hasInflow	Cooks River NERFINISHED ⓘ Georges River ⓘ Woronora River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMouth	Tasman Sea ⓘ
hasPort	Port Botany ⓘ
historicalSignificance	initially proposed site for British penal colony in Australia ⓘ one of the first sites of sustained European exploration on the Australian east coast ⓘ
locatedIn	New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ
locatedOn	east coast of Australia ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Sydney Harbour ⓘ surface form: Port Jackson Sydney Harbour ⓘ
namedAfter	botany ⓘ
namedBy	James Cook ⓘ
nameReason	abundance of plant specimens collected there ⓘ
near	Brighton-Le-Sands ⓘ Kurnell ⓘ La Perouse ⓘ Mascot ⓘ Sydney central business district ⓘ
partOf	South Pacific Ocean ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ
replacedBy	Port Jackson as site of first British settlement ⓘ
shoreLocalGovernmentArea	Bayside Council ⓘ Sutherland Shire ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Dharawal people ⓘ Eora people ⓘ Dharawal people ⓘ surface form: Gweagal people
usedFor	fishing ⓘ port facilities ⓘ recreation ⓘ shipping ⓘ
visitedBy	Daniel Solander ⓘ Joseph Banks ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First voyage of James Cook → landfallLocation → Botany Bay ⓘ

HMS Endeavour → visited → Botany Bay ⓘ

Georges River → mouthLocatedIn → Botany Bay ⓘ

Georges River → flowsInto → Botany Bay ⓘ

Georges River → riverSystem → Botany Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Botany Bay catchment

Greater Sydney region → includesFeature → Botany Bay ⓘ

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse → visitedPlace → Botany Bay ⓘ

SS Botany Bay → namedAfter → Botany Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Botany Bay (historic Australian penal colony region)

Phillip → arrivalLocation → Botany Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur Phillip

Alexander (ship) → destination → Botany Bay ⓘ

Charlotte (ship) → destination → Botany Bay ⓘ

Lady Penrhyn (ship) → arrivedAt → Botany Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Lady Penrhyn

Scarborough (ship) → destination → Botany Bay ⓘ

Borrowdale (ship) → arrivalRegion → Botany Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Borrowdale

Golden Grove (ship) → destination → Botany Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Golden Grove

Sutherland Shire → borders → Botany Bay ⓘ

Port Botany → locatedIn → Botany Bay ⓘ

HMS Supply → arrivalPort → Botany Bay ⓘ

HMS Sirius → arrivedAt → Botany Bay ⓘ

St George district → borderedBy → Botany Bay ⓘ