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In 1770 Captain James Cook had sighted and
charted much of the eastern coastline of Australia. -
in 1770,
enthusiastically agreed and thought that Botany Bay
would be an ideal place for a settlement. -
the fleet sailed into Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, but neither
the bay nor the land surrounding it met their expectations. -
In August 1786 the British government made the decision to establish a
convict settlement in New South Wales -
by May 1787, the fleet had assembled at Portsmouth on
the south coast of England.
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