Botany Bay
The penal colony, actually established at Sydney Cove, which developed into the now city of Sydney.
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The penal colony, actually established at Sydney Cove, which developed into the now city of Sydney.
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, south of Sydney Cove, Australia; the site of a landing by explorer Captain James Cook and later of the First Fleet, and originally planned to be the site of the first penal colony in Australia.
"Do you come from West Lynne?" / Yes. "Horrid place. Mrs. Latimer took a house there soon after I went to live with her. I'd rather she'd taken it at Botany Bay."
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A place in the United Kingdom.
"Do you come from West Lynne?" / Yes. "Horrid place. Mrs. Latimer took a house there soon after I went to live with her. I'd rather she'd taken it at Botany Bay."
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(Australia, slang, obsolete, or, historical) 25 lashes, i.e. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment.
- Bay fever54%
(Australia, slang, obsolete, pejorative) Any illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.