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Botany Bay

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Bot·a·ny Bay  (btn-)
An inlet of the Tasman Sea in southeast Australia south of Sydney. It was visited by Capt. James Cook in 1770 and named by Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist in his crew, for the wide variety of exotic flora found on its shores.
Botany Bay
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1. (Placename) an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
2. (Placename) (in the 19th century) a British penal settlement that was in fact at Port Jackson, New South Wales


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He first cast anchor at Botany Bay, visited the Friendly Isles, New Caledonia, then directed his course towards Santa Cruz, and put into Namouka, one of the Hapai group.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Having folded and sealed all, and stamped them with sham postmarks -- New Orleans, Bengal, Botany Bay, or any other place a great way off- I set out, forthwith, upon my daily route, as if in a very great hurry.
The Business Man by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Good-morning, my dear,' said the principal, addressing the young lady at the bar, with Botany Bay ease, and New South Wales gentility; 'which is Mr.
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