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Port Botany

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Randwick City Council NSW, 30 Frances Street, Port Botany, NSW 2036
1300 722 542

Description

Port Botany is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Port Botany is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Port Botany is located 12 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Randwick. Port Botany sits on the northern shore of Botany Bay, adjacent to the suburbs of Matraville, Banksmeadow and Phillip Bay.

History

Botany Bay is where Lieutenant James Cook first landed on 29 April 1770, when navigating his way up the east-coast of Australia on his ship, the Endeavour. The ship's English naturalist Joseph Banks and Swedish botanist Daniel Solander spent several days on shore collecting vast numbers of specimens that were previously unknown. Cook's journals first referred to the bay as Sting Rays' Harbour, then later Botanist Bay and finally both these names were crossed out and replaced with Botany Bay. The suburb name comes from the bay it stands on.

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Molineaux Point features views to La Perouse and Kurnell. A cairn and plaque here commemorates the sister ports relationship between Sydney Ports Corporation and Yokkaichi Port Authority, Mie Japan.The revetment wall is called Banks Wall after Sir Joseph Banks.

Details

Type: Suburbs

Population: Zero

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.229 km2

Elevation: 4-10 metres

Town elevation: 4 m

Population number: N/A

Local Government Area: Randwick City Council

Location

Randwick City Council NSW, 30 Frances Street, Port Botany, NSW 2036

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Port Botany, New South Wales

Port Botany - Localista

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