Talk:Botany Bay

Sentences removed from the Landmarks section
I removed information about an incident in 1961 that doesn't belong in the Landmarks section. It could be included in a section about recent history, if such a section is created. The following is the text that I removed:

On 30 November 1961 an incident occurred involving Ansett-ANA Flight 325, a Vickers Viscount aircraft, that crashed into Botany Bay nine minutes after taking off from Sydney Airport. All fifteen people on board died in the accident. The wreckage was recovered from the bay by divers from NSW Police and the Royal Australian Navy, assisted by HMAS Kimbla.

Doug4 19:13, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

wikipedia is becoming worse with zealous dickheads editors
sometimes you can't edit becuase its like you write a fact water is wet. some editor goes please cite reliable source its just a fact man allow it removing normal content — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.138.55.211 (talk) 00:26, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

this is from chinese wikipedia where its not getting abused by heavy handed editors shameful it has more content on popular reference than the english oh well cant translate it without some ny times source jeez

在《星舰奇航记》世界中，船长詹姆斯·T·柯克和他的船员在冬眠船——星舰“植物学湾号”中发现了可汗·努尼恩·辛格和他的转基因追随者(the name was retained from an earlier draft of the script, when the ship was a prisoner transport). 在《星际之门：SG-1》 episode “Prisoners”，丹尼尔·杰克逊 compares the British planned use of Botany Bay to the prison planet SG-1 is sent. 歌曲《吉姆·琼斯在植物学湾》(又名"吉姆·琼斯")讲述了一个前往植物学湾的囚犯的故事. 该曲曾被多次翻唱，其中包括由鲍勃·迪伦翻唱的版本. 在查尔斯·狄更斯的小说《远大前程》中，Abel Magwitch refers to returning to England from Botany Bay. 在史蒂芬·桑坦的音乐Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by it is mentioned that Sweeney was sent to Botany Bay by Judge Turpin 15 years prior to the events in the musical. 在Paul and Storm的歌曲"船长夫人的挽歌（The Captain's Wife's Lament） （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）"中，有描写到“从这里到植物学湾”都能听到船长夫人的哭泣声. 在大仲马的小说《三剑客》中，Alexandre Dumas refers to Botany Bay as the character 米莱迪 sits and ponders her captivity. "it is d'Artagnan who holds her prisoner and is about to send her to some filthy Botany Bay" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.138.55.211 (talk) 00:27, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Removed category
Removed Penal colony catergory, Botany bay was unsutable as a penal settlement. This article is however important and needs work. Ghostieguide 01:17, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Map
Could someone please show where Botany Bay is located on a map of Australia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vanillabean (talk • contribs).

First Fleet arrival section
In this section is states that the first fleet were panicked by the arrival of the possibility of the French beating them to it and so set sail that afternoon. I was under the impression that the first fleet had already set sail anyway and the French just happened by coincidence to arrive at that time. Does anyone have better information on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.124.16.33 (talk) 12:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

External links modified
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Pushpin map?
Anybody knows how to place a pushpin map in this article? Thanks. 71.63.91.85 (talk) 10:18, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

I tried inserting the following code, but it did not work:


 * pushpin_map            = Australia New South Wales


 * pushpin_relief         = 1


 * pushpin_label_position = right


 * pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Botany Bay in New South Wales


 * latd =33 |latm  =59  |lats  =52.7994  |latNS  = S


 * longd =151 |longm =13 |longs =58.8 |longEW = E


 * coordinates_type       = type:waterbody_region:AU


 * coordinates_display    = inline,title


 * coordinates_region     = AU-NSW

Would appreciate any help. Thanks. 71.63.91.85 (talk) 10:23, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Bogus claim ?
"The total catchment area of the bay is approximately 55 km2 (21 sq mi)."

The catchment area of the George's River is claimed to be 930 sq km,  which is part of the catchment of Botany Bay,  so the 55 sq km claim would be seem to be quite wrong.Lathamibird (talk) 10:41, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

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Cook's Secret Overland Walk
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I have removed this section because it contains highly speculative material which I don't think complies with Wikipedia's "just the facts" approach. None of the primary sources mention that Cook went overland to Port Jackson from Botany Bay. Cook's journal indicates that Cook first saw and named Port Jackson when he sailed past in the Endeavour on 6 May 1770. --Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 07:28, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Aboriginal history
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I have deleted some incorrect information, namely: "An artefact collected on Cook's first voyage in Botany Bay is the bark shield left behind by a member of a local Aboriginal tribe. This very rare object is now in the British Museum's collection and was the subject of a programme in the BBC radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects." The latest scholarly research shows that the Shield in the British Museum is not the one taken by Banks from Botany Bay. See Gweagal. --Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 22:48, 30 June 2020 (UTC)