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Australia's first colony was Sydney Cove in New South Wales. The name was soon shortened to just "Sydney".

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Sydney Cove in Port Jackson. botany Bay had been selected, but when the First Fleet arrived, they found Port Jackson, one of the finest natural harbours in the world (missed by Capt Cook) just to the north. Port Jackson had permanent water, unlike Botany Bay.

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The first convict settlement in Australia was called Sydney Town, but this was soon shortened to Sydney. It was settled with the arrival and disembarking of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788.

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Sydney, capital of New South Wales, was the site of Australia's first European settlement.

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The first colony was established in Australia on 26 January 1788.

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The first European settlement began at Port Jackson, in New South Wales, on January 26, 1788.

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