Botany Bay
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| Area | 396 |
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| Catchment area | 549 |
| Locations | Sydney |
| Average depth | 11. 4 m (37 ft) |
| Primary inflows | Georges River |
| Cooks River | |
| Did you know | A song named "Botany Bay" has been performed as a folk and music hall song since the 1890s, based on older tunes. |
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| ID | 908544 |
About Botany Bay
Botany Bay, an open oceanic embayment, is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km south of the Sydney central business district.
Gulf War 'human shield' hostages set to take legal action
... Mr Manners, who lives in Botany Bay in Kent, " There were a couple of occasions when I was told I was going to be shot, the guard came out in a rage, kicked me around a bit, put a gun against my head and pulled the trigger a few inches away...
Aboriginal spears taken by Captain James Cook to be returned to Australia
... Captain Cook first set foot in Australia on a beach at Botany Bay in Sydney s south, where he and his crew s arrival was challenged by two men from the Gweagal clan of the Dharawal peoples, the traditional owners of the land...
HMS Endeavour: Row erupts over location of Cook's coal ship
... The British explorer arrived off the south-east coast of what is now Australia in 1770, eventually making landfall at Botany Bay...
Calls to allow people to return to Edinburgh's Radical Road
... Nineteen others were transported to Botany Bay...
