Definitions for botany bay
botany bay

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1. Botany Baynoun

   A bay in New South Wales, south of Sydney Cove, Australia; the site of a landing by explorer Captain James Cook and later of the First Fleet, and originally planned to be the site of the first penal colony in Australia.

2. Botany Baynoun

   The penal colony, actually established at Sydney Cove, which developed into the now city of Sydney.

3. Etymology: Named by explorer James Cook for the variety of plants observed near the shore.

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1. Botany Bay

   a harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770

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1. Botany Bay

   Botany Bay, an open oceanic embayment, is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. Botany Bay has its source in the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and the Cooks River at Kyeemagh and flows 10 kilometres to the east before meeting its mouth, the Tasman Sea, midpoint between La Perouse and Kurnell. The total catchment area of the bay is approximately 55 square kilometres and the area surrounding the bay is generally managed by Roads and Maritime Services. Despite its relative shallowness, the bay serves as greater metropolitan Sydney's main cargo seaport, located at Port Botany, with facilities managed by Sydney Ports Corporation. Two runways of Sydney Airport extend into the bay. Botany Bay National Park is located on the northern and southern headlands of the bay. On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of James Cook's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the continent of Australia, after his extensive navigation of New Zealand. Later the British planned Botany Bay as the site for a penal colony. Out of these plans came the first European habitation of Australia at Sydney Cove.

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1. Botany Bay

   an inlet in New South Wales, 5 m. S. of Sydney; discovered by Captain Cook in 1770; so called, by Sir Joseph Banks, from the variety and beauty of its flora; was once an English convict settlement.

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1. Botany Bay

   So called by Captain Cook on account of the variety of, to him, new plants found on its shores. This portion of New South Wales was the first British Convict Settlement; hence Botany Bay became a term synonymous with penal servitude.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of botany bay in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of botany bay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Botany_Bay
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botany bay
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=botany bay
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#BotanyBay
5. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=botany bay