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Bottom Painting by John Hamilton Mortimer showing from left: Solander, Banks, Cook, Dr John Hawkesworth and Lord Sandwich

From Captain Cook to the First Fleet: how Botany Bay was chosen over Africa as a new British penal colony
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From Captain Cook to the First Fleet: how Botany Bay was chosen over Africa as a new British penal colony

Britain had an urgent problem after it lost its American colonies: where to send its convicts. It settled on NSW after rejecting other options, but the new spot didn't exactly live up to its billing.
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