Botany Bay is where James Cook and the crew of the HMS Endeavour made first contact with the indigenous people on the east coast of Australia in 1770. After the arrival of the British First Fleet and the French Lapérouse Expedition in 1788, the European colonisation of Australia began.

A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Migration Heritage Centre project.

Botany Bay is one of the most significant places in the history of migration to Australia. After the arrival of the British First Fleet and the French Lapérouse Expedition in 1788 the European colonisation of Australia began.

A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.