Botany Bay
Americannoun
noun
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an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
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(in the 19th century) a British penal settlement that was in fact at Port Jackson, New South Wales
Example Sentences
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Police said one man was pulled unconscious from Botany Bay, off the coast of Sydney, and later died, while the other man was taken to hospital in a stable condition, police said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023
Botany Bay, they already know what he and his kind have wrought.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2023
The British explorer arrived off the south-east coast of what is now Australia in 1770, eventually making landfall at Botany Bay.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2022
On the dramatic rugged seacoast of Botany Bay near Sydney, on the spot where Captain Cook first stepped onto Australia in 1770, La Perouse is renown for its ocean views and high winds.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 11, 2018
His tears and prayers were successful, and the Governor of Canada changed the death-doom to life-long exile in Botany Bay.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
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