Port Botany, New South Wales
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Port Botany is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12km south east of the Sydney central business district and is in the local government area of the City of Randwick. Port Botany sits on the northern shore of Botany Bay. The postcode is 2036.
Port Botany is adjacent to the suburbs of Matraville, Banksmeadow and Phillip Bay.
[edit] History
Botany Bay is where Captain James Cook first landed on 29th April 1770, when navigating his way around Australia on his ship, the Endeavour. The ship's English botanist Joseph Banks and Swedish assistant botanist Daniel Solander, spent several days on shore collecting vast numbers of specimens, that were previously unknown. Cook's journals first referred to the bay as Sting Rays' Harbour, then later Botanist Bay and finally both these names were crossed out and replaced with Botany Bay. The suburb name comes from the bay it stands on.
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Centennial Park | Chifley | Clovelly | Coogee | Hillsdale | Kensington | Kingsford | La Perouse | Little Bay | Malabar | Maroubra | Maroubra Junction | Matraville | Phillip Bay | Port Botany | Randwick | South Coogee |
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