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View of Botany Bay 1790

From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a7225019 / DL PXX 84, 19]
(Dixson Library) (The Lady's Magazine, January 1790, Published by GGJ and J Robinson, No. 25 Paternoster Row, London)

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Sydney

Founded by Europeans as a social experiment, Sydney's beginnings brought death and dispossession to the original inhabitants of the place, as well as surprising freedom and prosperity to many of the convicts. Over its history, the city's growth has been shaped by factors that are common to many cities, but also by unique forces. In the twenty-first century, for the first time, the idea of sustainable progress is itself in doubt.

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Botany Bay

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Large bay south of the city of Sydney, into which the Cooks and Georges rivers run.

First Fleet

Fleet of eleven ships which left England in 1787 to found a penal colony in Australia. It consisted of two Royal Navy Vessels, three store ships and six convict transports which carried over 1000 convicts, marines and seamen to the colony.

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