Botany Bay

Kamay, known to Cook as Botany Bay, opens to the Tasman Sea between sandy shores and headlands. It lies in the country of the Gweagal and Bidjigal peoples. On 29 April 1770 the Endeavour entered the bay. Two Gweagal men opposed the landing, and Cook’s party fired on them, wounding one man before going ashore. The crew spent days collecting plants and other specimens before sailing north.