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BOTANY BAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 303 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

BOTANY See also:
BAY
BAY , an inlet on the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

Cumberland See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

South See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia, 5 M. south of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

SYDNEY

Sydney. On its See also:

SHORE

shore is the township of Botany, forming a suburb of Sydney, with which it is connected by a See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway. It was first visited by See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

Cook in 1770, who landed at a spot marked by a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, and took See also:

possession of the territory for the See also:

CROWN

crown. The bay received its name from See also:

Joseph See also:

Banks, the botanist of the expedition, on See also:

account of the variety of its See also:

FLORA

flora. When, on the revolt of the New See also:

England colonies, the convict establishments in See also:

AMERICA

America were no longer available (see See also:

DEPORTATION

DEPORTATION and NEW Souza WALES), the See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

government, then under the leadership of See also:

Pitt, was turned to Botany Bay; and in 1787 See also:

COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore See also:

Arthur See also:

PHILLIP, JOHN (1817-1867)

Phillip was commissioned to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a penal See also:

settlement there. Finding, on his arrival, however, that the locality was See also:

ILL

ill suited for such a purpose, he removed See also:

north-wards to the site of the See also:

PRESENT

present city of Sydney. The name of Botany Bay seems to have struck the popular See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy, and continued to be used in a See also:

general way for any convict See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment in Australia. The transportation of criminals to New South Wales was discontinued in 184o.

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