The First Fleet's initial landing was gradual, with ships arriving between January 18 and 20 at Botany Bay, south of Port Jackson, where James Cook had dropped anchor 18 years earlier. According ...

A statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been splashed with red paint and its hand removed days before Australians celebrate their controversial “Australia Day” on Sunday. New ...

Beach shacks have long been isolated and precarious. What we find charming today was once considered ‘fringe-dwelling’, separated from cities along racial and economic lines.

Unfortunately, it was soon realised that the bay was not as favourable as they had hoped. The previous accounts by the navigator Captain James Cook had somewhat misled the crew into believing this ...

Frome Family History Group Our recent meeting began with our annual business meeting, the first at the Cheese and Grain.

When Captain James Cook sailed in through the heads of Kamay Botany Bay in 1770, he described gunyas dotted along the foreshore in his search for water: Saw as we came in on both points of the bay ...

When Captain James Cook sailed in through the heads of Kamay Botany Bay in 1770, he described gunyas dotted along the foreshore in his search for water: Saw as we came in on both points of the bay ...

His statue in Melbourne was covered in red paint but Captain James Cook has very little to do with us celebrating Australia Day on January 26. He landed in Botany Bay on April 28, 1770, and he didn’t ...

The east coast of New Holland was claimed by British Captain James Cook in 1770 who renamed the land New South Wales. In due course, this led to the First Fleet landing at Botany Bay in 1888 and the ...

Colin James is coming back, North Bay, and you can catch him on his Chasing the Sun tour at the Capitol Centre on Sunday, Feb. 16. Terra Lightfoot is opening the show. James emphasized ...