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being the most predominant in the bay. There exists modern and historic monuments along the
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rocks, where Cook landed, is a 530 m (1,740 ft) strip of high tide sand that begins at the junction and continues past the
Captain Cook Obelisk and the Sutherland memorial (one of Cook's sailors who is buried at the site) to the Solander monument at Sutherland Point. The rocks at the
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arrived in early 1788 to establish an outpost and penal colony, they found that the Bay and its surrounds did not live up to the promising picture that had been painted, as the area had poor soil, no secure anchorage, no adequate supply of fresh water, and the vegetation was too dense.
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from the west. There is a large carpark at Bonna Point
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sites providing evidence of the rich variety of seafoods enjoyed by the
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group. The people living on the headlands and shores at the entrance to Botany Bay benefited from the many food and other resources and the mild climate of the area.
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The beach is situated on the corner of
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became the first
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From the 1820s, Captain Cook's landing place was a popular destination for people with an interest in
European history in Australia. In 1870 NSW treasurer
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eastern tip of Silver Beach showcase the beginning of the large sandstone Kurnell Peninsula and its 8 km (5.0 mi) of rocky shore located in
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first set foot on Australian soil in 1770, which marked the beginning of Britain's interest in Australia and in the eventual
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of Sutherland Point in the east, the beach is characterised by silver-coloured sands, hence the name, and fourteen rockwall
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Merv Ryan cited in Andersen, Sue; Hamilton, Mary Ann (2006). Kamay Botany Bay Oral History.
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Nugent, Maria (2005). A Contextual History of Botany Bay.
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708:South Coast
578:Whale Beach
558:Bondi Beach
510:Beaches of
312:Thomas Holt
304:First Fleet
268:Isaac Smith
94:, Australia
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843:Categories
693:Little Bay
673:Wattamolla
638:Greenhills
573:Palm Beach
388:References
355:Recreation
344:intertidal
194:Botany Bay
178:Sydney CBD
147:Tasman Sea
109:Dimensions
103:Botany Bay
52:34°00′28″S
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764:Bar Beach
653:Curl Curl
319:Geography
264:Endeavour
186:sandstone
174:Australia
830:Category
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533:Clontarf
369:flathead
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337:mangrove
302:and the
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217:Dharawal
80:Location
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543:Obelisk
296:England
240:spinach
221:Cadigal
211:History
190:groynes
162:Kurnell
84:Kurnell
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