Botany Bay is an open oceanic embayment, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km south of the Sydney central business district. Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren
Aerial photo of Sydney showing Botany Bay in the foreground. The two protrusions into the bay are runways of Sydney Airport.
Botany Bay, 1788 watercolour by Charles Gore
The Gweagal are a clan of the Dharawal people of Aboriginal Australians. Their descendants are traditional custodians of the southern areas of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Artwork depicting the first contact with Captain James Cook & crew on the shores of the Kurnell Peninsula, New South Wales
Aboriginal hunting implements and weapons
The shield at the British Museum once thought to be the "Gweagal" shield
Gweagal spear formerly on display at Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge