Encyclopedia entry: Botany Bay

Encyclopedia entry: Botany Bay
World Encyclopedia;      257 words ...Botany Bay Large, shallow inlet immediately s of Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. It was visited in 1700 by Captain James Cook , who named it because of its flora ...

Article: TRAVEL: RETURN OF THE NATIVE Sydney's wealth of Aboriginal ...
The Independent on Sunday;  January 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Aboriginal ranger at the Botany Bay Discovery Centre at Kurnell ... Phillip returned but found Botany Bay deficient in water and ... Ten miles north lay Port Jackson, noted but unexplored ... we munched on salty Botany Bay spinach and chewed moisture ...

Article: France and Botany Bay: The Lure of a Penal Colony.
Journal of Australian Studies;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Forster's France and Botany Bay and Alan Atkinson ... British settlement at Port Jackson (and then its satellites ... Forster's France and Botany Bay is about French interest ... little known work on Botany Bay. Forster's introductions ...

Article: Botany Bay: voyagers, aborigines and history. ...
Journal of Australian Studies;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... century a headland on the north side of Botany Bay was given the name La Perouse in honour ... subsequent disappearance after sailing from Botany Bay in March 1788. The Laperouse expedition ... significant late eighteenth century visits to Botany Bay. It had been preceded by Captain ...

Article: BOTANY BAY PLANTATION OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... issued the following press release: Botany Bay Plantation, a 4,630-acre tract located ... land. Recreational opportunities on Botany Bay Plantation WMA include seasonal hunting ... activities since the recent opening of Botany Bay Plantation WMA. The area's first public ...

Article: Mid-Jurassic age for the Botany Bay Group: ...
Journal of the Geological Society;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... conglomerates and flood plain sediments of the Botany Bay Group demonstrate that sedimentation ... Jurassic, A definitive date for the Botany Bay Group floras has important implications ... floor spreading. A key deposit is the Botany Bay Group, which crops out at several localities ...

Article: Timbers Company Unveils the Preserve at Botany Bay, ...
PR Newswire;  July 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... approved the development of The Preserve at Botany Bay. The tranquil 367-acre resort enclave ... Denver, will develop The Preserve at Botany Bay, as its newest multi-use resort and ... their private estate, The Preserve at Botany Bay is now available to owners seeking a ...