Botany Bay

Botany Bay is an oceanic embayment located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. James Cook landed at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770, and his landing instigated Britain’s interest in colonizing Australia. The Bay was also a destination for Britain’s penal colony on the continent. Related BRANCH article: Julie M. Barst, "The Molesworth Report and the Dissolution of Convict Transportation to Australia, August 1838."

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.989822187098
Longitude: 151.183467730910

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Timeline of Events Associated with Botany Bay

Date Event Manage
1 Aug 1838

Molesworth Report

On August 1838, the Molesworth Report was published, beginning the Dissolution of Convict Transportation to Australia.

The report successfully built upon the rhetoric of the abolition movement by drawing connections between convicts and slaves, becoming one of the major deciding factors in eventually putting an end to the entire system of transportation.

Articles

Julie M. Barst, “The Molesworth Report and the Dissolution of Convict Transportation to Australia, August 1838″