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Reading texts by and about diverse australians will change the ways all young. A first fleet of british ships arrived at botany bay in january 1788 to establish a penal colony, the first colony on the australian mainland. A narrative of the expedition to botanybay internet archive. Native plants of the sydney region boomerang books. Large bay south of the city of sydney, into which the cooks and georges rivers run. Native plants of the sydney region alan fairley and. Associate professor grace karskens teaches australian history at the university of nsw. Roughly circular, about 5 miles 8 km across and 1 mile 1. Librivox recording of a narrative of the expedition to botanybay, by watkin tench. A narrative of the expedition to botany bay, by watkin tench.
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