Port Botany, New South Wales 2782565 221910984 2008-06-26T17:21:08Z Huaiwei 67055 clean up, Replaced: Kingsford Smith International Airport → Sydney Airport using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb | name = Port Botany | city = Sydney | state = NSW | image = Portbotany.jpg | caption = View of Port Botany from La Perouse | lga = [[City of Randwick]] | postcode = 2036 | est = | pop = | area = | propval = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Maroubra|Maroubra]] | fedgov = [[Division of Kingsford Smith|Kingsford Smith]] | near-nw = [[Botany, New South Wales|Botany]] | near-n = [[Banksmeadow, New South Wales|Banksmeadow]] | near-ne = [[Matraville, New South Wales|Matraville]] | near-w = ''[[Sydney Airport]]'' | near-e = [[Phillip Bay, New South Wales|Phillip Bay]] | near-sw = ''[[Botany Bay]]'' | near-s = [[Kurnell, New South Wales|Kurnell]] | near-se = [[La Perouse, New South Wales|La Perouse]] | dist1 = 12 | dir1 = south-east | location1= [[Sydney CBD]] }} '''Port Botany''' is a [[suburb]] in [[South-eastern Sydney| south-eastern]] [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Port Botany is located 12 [[kilometres]] south-east of the [[Sydney central business district]], is in the [[Local Government Areas in Australia|local government area]] of the [[City of Randwick]]. Port Botany sits on the northern shore of [[Botany Bay]], adjacent to the suburbs of [[Matraville, New South Wales|Matraville]], [[Banksmeadow, New South Wales|Banksmeadow]] and [[Phillip Bay, New South Wales|Phillip Bay]]. ==History== Botany Bay is where [[Captain James Cook]] first landed on [[29th April]] [[1770]], when navigating his way around Australia on his ship, the [[HM Bark Endeavour|Endeavour]]. The ship's English botanist [[Joseph Banks]] and Swedish assistant botanist [[Daniel Solander]], spent several days on shore collecting vast numbers of specimens, that were previously unknown. Cook's journals first referred to the bay as Sting Rays' Harbour, then later Botanist Bay and finally both these names were crossed out and replaced with Botany Bay. The suburb name comes from the bay it stands on. <ref>''The Book of Sydney Suburbs'', Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 35</ref> ==Landmarks== Molineaux Point features a memorial to on Botany Bay provides views to [[La Perouse, New South Wales|La Perouse]] and [[Kurnell, New South Wales|Kurnell]]. A memorial here commemorates the sister ports relationship between Sydney Ports Corporation and [[Yokkaichi, Mie|Yokkaichi]] Port Authority, [[Mie Prefecture|Mie]] [[Japan]]. ==Commercial Area== {{main|Port Botany (seaport)}} Port Botany is a major commercial area that is serviced by road and rail networks, together with Sydney's nearby international and domestic airports. The two [[Container terminal|Container Terminal]] facilities are complemented by a bulk liquids facility and an adjacent bulk liquids storage and distribution complex. The NSW Government has decided to expand Port Botany with a 60 ha third terminal (twice the size of that recommended by an independent Commission of Enquiry (COI) by dredging 7.5 million cubic metres of Botany Bay seabed. Construction of the 60 ha land mass began in mid-2008. <ref>http://www.sydneyports.com.au/ Sydney Ports</ref> <center> <gallery> Image:Port Botany.JPG|Sydney Ports Corporation Image:Port bot.jpg|[[Shipping container]] [[container crane|cranes]] Image:Patrick Port Botany.jpg|[[Patrick Corporation]] container cranes Image:Port Botany Molineaux Point.JPG|Molineaux Point </gallery> </center> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Mapit-AUS-suburbscale|long=151.218|lat=-33.976}} {{Sydney Randwick suburbs}} [[Category:Suburbs of Sydney]] [[Category:Botany Bay]] {{Sydney-geo-stub}}