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Botany

Botany Bay, the name which raised fear in the hearts of the wretches awaiting transportation on the prison hulks on the River Thames, is where the white Australian dream began.

And, although Captain Arthur Phillip chose Sydney Cove for the establishment of the first penal colony, Botany Bay has remained the seed plank in Australia's march from remote British outpost to independent nationhood.

It is still the major gateway to Australia for the millions of visitors and migrants who touch down each year at Sydney International Airport and almost all Sydney's commercial shipping passes through Port Botany.

Much of Botany has been given over to industry and commerce, but its beaches and the bay itself make it a desirable residential area.