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  1. #OTD in 1788, the final seven ships joined the four vessels of the #FirstFleet already in #BotanyBay. (HMS Supply arrived on 18 Jan; three others on 19 Jan.)

    Four days later, the two vessels of the French La Perouse expedition arrived.

    By 26 Jan, the British gave up on establishing a colony there—too shallow and swampy and with little fresh water—and sailed north to Port Jackson instead. It wasn’t until 9 Feb that they officially founded #Sydney.

    #history #Australia #AustraliaDay

  2. #OTD in 1788, the final seven ships joined the four vessels of the #FirstFleet already in #BotanyBay. (HMS Supply arrived on 18 Jan; three others on 19 Jan.)

    Four days later, the two vessels of the French La Perouse expedition arrived.

    By 26 Jan, the British gave up on establishing a colony there—too shallow and swampy and with little fresh water—and sailed north to Port Jackson instead. It wasn’t until 9 Feb that they officially founded #Sydney.

    #history #Australia #AustraliaDay

  3. #OTD in 1788, the final seven ships joined the four vessels of the #FirstFleet already in #BotanyBay. (HMS Supply arrived on 18 Jan; three others on 19 Jan.)

    Four days later, the two vessels of the French La Perouse expedition arrived.

    By 26 Jan, the British gave up on establishing a colony there—too shallow and swampy and with little fresh water—and sailed north to Port Jackson instead. It wasn’t until 9 Feb that they officially founded #Sydney.

    #history #Australia #AustraliaDay

  4. #OTD in 1788, the final seven ships joined the four vessels of the #FirstFleet already in #BotanyBay. (HMS Supply arrived on 18 Jan; three others on 19 Jan.)

    Four days later, the two vessels of the French La Perouse expedition arrived.

    By 26 Jan, the British gave up on establishing a colony there—too shallow and swampy and with little fresh water—and sailed north to Port Jackson instead. It wasn’t until 9 Feb that they officially founded #Sydney.

    #history #Australia #AustraliaDay

  5. #OTD in 1788, the final seven ships joined the four vessels of the #FirstFleet already in #BotanyBay. (HMS Supply arrived on 18 Jan; three others on 19 Jan.)

    Four days later, the two vessels of the French La Perouse expedition arrived.

    By 26 Jan, the British gave up on establishing a colony there—too shallow and swampy and with little fresh water—and sailed north to Port Jackson instead. It wasn’t until 9 Feb that they officially founded #Sydney.

    #history #Australia #AustraliaDay

  6. ‘Localised extinction’ risk for seagrass in Botany Bay

    Gamay, as Sydney’s Botany Bay is also known, is home to the intersection of Indigenous history and European…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #adrianavergés #AU #Australia #biochar #botanybay #bryceliddell #gamay #habitat #indigenous #Science #seagrass
    newsbeep.com/au/234224/

  7. as if she's blushing :blobcat_smilehappyeyes: #botanybay