Botany Bay

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  1. A bay of New South Wales, south of Sydney Cove, Australia; the site of a landing by explorer Captain James Cook and later of the First Fleet, and originally planned to be the site of the first penal colony in Australia.
  2. The penal colony, actually established at Sydney Cove, which developed into the now city of Sydney.
    — "Do you come from West Lynne?" / Yes. "Horrid place. Mrs. Latimer took a house there soon after I went to live with her. I'd rather she'd taken it at Botany Bay."
  3. A former local government area in New South Wales (abolished 2016).
  4. Two bays in Antarctica.
  5. A place in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Rosliston parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2615).
  6. A place in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in the borough of Enfield, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2999).
  7. A place in the United Kingdom:; A tiny bay near Cliftonville and Kingsgate, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3971).
  8. A place in the United Kingdom:; A commercial area in the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5918).
  9. A place in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Wye Valley community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5202).
  10. Worcester College, Oxford. UK,obsolete,slang

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The bay was named by explorer James Cook for the variety of plants observed near the shore.
(Worcester College): So called from its remote situation.
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