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Botany Bay 1770

Captain Cook lands at Botany Bay and soon claims Australia's east coast for Britain; the First Fleet follows eighteen years later.

Map showing the location of Botany BayBotany Bay
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Key facts

Date1770
TypeHistoric site or event
Location-33.98° N, 151.20° E
Nearest city on the mapSydney (about 12 km)
Territory of (map of 1700)Tharawal

Rulers in 1770

RealmRulerReign
Franks / HRE / GermanyJoseph II1765–1790
FranceLouis XV1715–1774
England / UKGeorge III1760–1820
SpainCharles III1759–1788
Rus' / RussiaCatherine II1762–1796