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Botany Bay c1789

By
William Bradley
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a138500 or a127080 / ML Safe 1/14, opp. p 176, Chart 9]
(Charts from Bradley's journal 'A Voyage to New South Wales', 1802) (Mitchell Library)

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Bradley, William

First lieutenant on HMS Sirius, who kept a detailed journal during the early years of settlement.

State Library of New South Wales

Mapping the Georges River

Maps of the Georges River were made from the time of Cook's visit onwards, but it was not until the maps of Dixon and of Mitchell in the 1830s that the river was accurately charted.

Rivers and Catchments

Maps

Exploration

Botany Bay

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

Cooks River

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River that flows through south-west Sydney, starting at Graf Park, Yagoona, through to Botany Bay at Kyeemagh. The river was extensively polluted by industry and its course was changed to accommodate the runways of Sydney Airport.

Georges River

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River that rises at Appin in the upland swamps of the O'Hares Creek catchment, and flows 80 kilometres north and east to meet Botany Bay at Taren Point, in Sydney's southern suburbs. The total catchment is over 930 square kilometres managed by a large number of local government authorities and is the main tributary of Botany Bay.