Kamay Botany Bay National Park
Coastal headland park marking the first recorded landing site of a British ship's crew on the continent.
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This guide to Kamay Botany Bay National Park in Sydney opens on 29 April 1770, when two Gweagal warriors faced James Cook's landing party on this shoreline after Cook's men tried trading nails and beads for fresh water. Muskets answered spears, and a wounded warrior fled into the trees, leaving a shield and a scatter of spears on the sand. The guide follows those objects across the world, from Joseph Banks's collection to museums in Cambridge and London.
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