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#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.
