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Cook’s reports of the area made it the intended destination for the [[First Fleet]] in 1788. It was found unsuitable for a major settlement, however, (much of the surrounding ground was low, extremely sandy or swamp) and the venture was moved to Port Jackson which Cook had noted as an inlet without entering the Heads and discovering its qualities.  

Cook’s reports of the area made it the intended destination for the [[First Fleet]] in 1788. It was found unsuitable for a major settlement, however, (much of the surrounding ground was low, extremely sandy or swamp) and the venture was moved to Port Jackson which Cook had noted as an inlet without entering the Heads and discovering its qualities.  

It holds a place in the Australian ethos with words of the old song (actually a [[Sea Shanty]], still widely known:

It holds a place in the Australian ethos with words of the old song (actually a [[Sea Shanty]]) still widely known:

:''Farewell to old England forever''

:''Farewell to old England forever''

:''Farewell to my rum culls as well''

:''Farewell to my rum culls as well''