<P> The land adjacent to Botany Bay was settled for many thousands of years by the Tharawal and Eora Aboriginal peoples and their associated clans . On 29 April 1770 , Botany Bay was the site of James Cook 's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the land mass 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 . Although the penal settlement was almost immediately shifted to Sydney Cove , for some time in Britain transportation to `` Botany Bay '' was a metonym for transportation to any of the Australian penal settlements . </P>
<P> The land adjacent to Botany Bay was settled for many thousands of years by the Tharawal and Eora Aboriginal peoples and their associated clans . On 29 April 1770 , Botany Bay was the site of James Cook 's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the land mass 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 . Although the penal settlement was almost immediately shifted to Sydney Cove , for some time in Britain transportation to `` Botany Bay '' was a metonym for transportation to any of the Australian penal settlements . </P>
when did captain cook land in botany bay
when did captain cook land in botany bay
29 April 1770
29 April 1770