No. Sir Joseph Banks was not a passenger on the First Fleet. He was botanist with Captain James Cook when Cook charted the east coast of Australia in 1770. His purpose was to record and classify new species of plants found on Cook's journey.
While in Australia, Banks, and the Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring made the first major collection of Australian flora, describing many species new to science. Banks was also strongly in favour of British settlement and the colonisation of Australia.
The genus Banksia was named after Sir Joseph Banks.
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Sir Joseph Banks was a naturalist and botanist.
No "famous" botanist accompanied the First Fleet.Famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks accompanied James Cook on the Endeavour when Cook became the first European to chart the eastern coast of Australia.
The First Fleet of convicts from Great Britain arrived in Australia in January 1788. At first, on 18 January, it came to e site recommended by Sir Joseph Banks and James Cook - Botany Bay - which was found to be unsuitable for settlement. So the First Fleet moved north to Port Jackson, arriving on 26 January 1788.
The genus Banksia was named after Sir Joseph Banks.
Sir Joseph Banks was not a passenger on the First Fleet. He was botanist with Captain James Cook when Cook charted the east coast of Australia in 1770. His purpose was to record and classify new species of plants found on Cook's journey. While in Australia, Banks, and the Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring made the first major collection of Australian flora, describing many species new to science. Banks was also strongly in favour of British settlement and the colonisation of Australia.
Sir Josephs Banks is British
Sir Joseph Banks was a naturalist and botanist.
No "famous" botanist accompanied the First Fleet.Famous botanist Sir Joseph Banks accompanied James Cook on the Endeavour when Cook became the first European to chart the eastern coast of Australia.
Botany Bay in New South Wales was where James Cook and his influential botanist, Sir Joseph Banks, first landed in 1770. Because Banks was so impressed with the land and the harbour, this was the area recommended for initial colonisation.
The First Fleet of convicts from Great Britain arrived in Australia in January 1788. At first, on 18 January, it came to e site recommended by Sir Joseph Banks and James Cook - Botany Bay - which was found to be unsuitable for settlement. So the First Fleet moved north to Port Jackson, arriving on 26 January 1788.
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