Apr 29, 2020 · It was at Kamay (Botany Bay) that James Cook first set foot on the Australian continent. His landing was challenged by two men, from the Gweagal clan of the Dharawal …

Explore entries from James Cook's Endeavour journal for April 1770, from the ship's first sighting of the Australian continent at Point Hicks to Botany Bay.

Botany Bay wasn’t James Cook’s first choice of name for the bay. He first named it ‘Sting Ray Harbour’. On 6 May 1770, Cook changed the name in his journal.

In 1770 Lieutenant James Cook, captain of the ship the HMB Endeavour, climbed to the highest point of Possession Island and claimed the east coast of the Australian continent for Britain, …

Botany Bay (Kamay), New South Wales Gweagal and Bidjigal country. The collection of the Gweagal shield at the place where James Cook first set foot in Australia is a key moment in …

On 29 April 1770, HMB Endeavour sailed into Botany Bay, in the country of the Gweagal and Bidjigal peoples of the Dharawal Eora nation, as part of Lieutenant James Cook’s broader …

Look at the two maps of Kamay (Botany Bay) below. They show the same place at different time periods. The first map was made soon after Europeans arrived in Australia. The second was …

Explore entries from James Cook’s Endeavour journal for May 1770, as the ship sailed from Botany Bay to Cape Palmerston in present day Queensland.

Nov 16, 2022 · Lieutenant James Cook, captain of HMB Endeavour, claimed the eastern portion of the Australian continent for the British Crown in 1770, naming it New South Wales. In his …

It was at Kamay (Botany Bay) that James Cook first set foot on the Australian continent. His landing was challenged by two men from the Gweagal clan of the Dharawal nation, standing …