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Port Jackson: places and people

William Bradley's map of Port Jackson 1788

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Hotspot 1
Sydney Cove - Lord Sydney

Hotspot 2
Bennelong Point - Bennelong the local Aboriginal man

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Clark Island - Lt Ralph Clark, marine officer

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Point Bradley - William Bradley, naval officer and diaritst

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Hunter's Bay - First Fleet officer and later Governor

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Entrance to Port Jackson - Sir George Jackson - named by Cook - Judge Advocate of the fleet

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Watsons Bay - Robert Watson, Seaman on the 'Sirius'

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Little Sirius Cove - where the 'Sirius' was

Hotspot 9
Kurraba Point - Thrupps Point, then Ballast Point, then Aboriginal name

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