Essays Tagged: "Botany Bay"

Coastal management of the Botany Bay area in Sydney Australia.

YEAR 10 GEOGRAPHY RESEARCH PROJECTBotany Bay- Recreational/ Commercial FishingSTATEMENT OF ISSUEThe issue I have chosen to cover, rela ... ssue I have chosen to cover, relating to Water Management is recreational and commercial fishing in Botany Bay.Botany Bay is a large estuary located to the south of Sydney Harbour, which has significa ... er seafood, the amount of pollution in the water and the health risks that have arose some areas of Botany Bay have been banned of fishing. However commercial industries and recreational fishers are j ...

(2 pages) 50 0 4.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Why by the 1830's, was the continuation of convict transportation to the Australian colonies under increasing scrutiny, and what arguments and interests were at stake in this debate?

ritain was no stranger to the process of colonisation. However from Captain Cook's first arrival at Botany Bay until the complete reprieve of the Hulks Act in 1850, successive British governments woul ... ustralia began in earnest with the arrival of convicts and soldiers under Governor Arthur Philip at Botany Bay in January 1788, (the 26th of this month being the date now celebrated as 'Australian Day ...

(6 pages) 57 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Convict Life and Punishments in Australia

he problems of the growing prison population. They came up with a solution to send the prisoners to Botany Bay, Australia. It wasn't the ideal choice as the place had only been glimpsed once on Captai ...

(6 pages) 51 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Report on the state of kurnell

Shire. Part of Kurnell contains 324 hectares known as the Captain Cook landing place, a part of the Botany Bay National Park which is under the care of the N.S.W National Parks and Wildlife service. W ... er seafood, the amount of pollution in the water and the health risks that have arose some areas of Botany Bay have been banned of fishing.Also, Kurnell beach is right next to Sydney airport .The perc ...

(3 pages) 70 1 3.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Convicts settlement, how it started and how it grew apart

il 1770 Cook and his ship was blown of course by the wind. They arrived in the first of April 1770, Botany bay and liked the area very well. They decided that they will go around the coast line. After ... e ready to get sent over the new place.Sir Joseph Banks suggested that the convicts be best sent to Botany Bay in New South Wales. Sir Banks thought the climate would be good in New South Wales. So th ...

(3 pages) 73 2 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Australia NSW - Air Quality - Case Study: Botany Bay

vestigation was to find information on the reason why air emissions has polluted the environment of Botany Bay and Kurnell and the response different groups and individuals had to this problem. Anothe ... r effectiveness.I planned to go to the library to collect data on the general quality of air in the Botany Bay and Kurnell district and information on the standard of air in general. To my dismay, mos ...

(5 pages) 52 0 4.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The role and impact former convicts had on Australian society

ity of Australians feel about convicts today.In 1788, the eleven ships of the first fleet landed in Botany Bay in New South Wales with 780 British convicts. Two more convict fleets arrived around 1790 ... colony is recorded through the first folk songs ever written by convicts. Some famous ones such as Botany Bay, Jim Jones, and Van Dieman's Land were often sad and critical. Convict music has been pas ...

(8 pages) 44 1 3.5 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Australian convicts

ade up of 10 ten ships and a HMS supply following the Captain Arthur Phillip who firstly stopped in Botany Bay on the 18th of January 1788 but as there was no fresh water and the soil wasn't a good va ...

(2 pages) 17 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

A linguistic analyisation of Aboriginal English as a variation of Australian English.

riginal languages within Australia.The settlers only encountered the variety spoken by those around Botany Bay first, and thus it was used to create a Pidgin English. However, other variations of Abor ...

(4 pages) 41 0 4.2 Nov/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

The History Of The Australian Governments Policies From 1788 To Today.

the Australian Governments policies from 1788 till today.Before British settlers settled in 1788 at Botany Bay, there were native inhibitors (indigenous Australians or Aborigines pronounced in society ...

(4 pages) 29 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

"History Curriculum."

hese debates will happen in the third week of each topic.The three topic chosen are 'The Landing at Botany Bay', 'War' and 'Indigenous Australians'. These topics have been chosen because people worldw ... ception that this forms the basis of Australia's historical, and national, identity. The landing at Botany Bay is where it all started and how we started to form into the Australia we are today, War g ...

(4 pages) 1266 0 1.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History