In case of abuse, We know exactly when the criminals and reprobates whose descendants now rule Australia arrived in Botany Bay. The first fleet of eleven convict ships arrived on January 20 ...

Botany Bay Botany Bay was the beach head that allowed ... called the 'Rocks', is close to where the first convicts arrived. The early settlers adopted native words for unique features in Australia ...

In May 1787 a fleet of ships carrying convicts left England bound for Botany Bay, New South Wales, where they were to establish a settlement. One of the crew on board the Charlotte was Watkin Tench (c ...