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 Date: 2014-07-31 13:42:13Convictism in Australia Immigration to Australia First Fleet Arthur Phillip Australia Day Botany Bay HMS Supply HMS Sirius Port Jackson States and territories of Australia New South Wales Australia |
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THE FIRST FLEET STORY In 1770 during the reign of George III, Captain James Cook sailed up the east coast of Australia and landed in Botany Bay. The British Home Secretary, Lord Sydney after receiving Cook’s favourable