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Community & Business
3 February, 2026
In defence of Captain James Cook: Final in our series
The Endeavour’s stay in Botany Bay had gone well for both Cook and the botanist Joseph Banks. Cook had filled his water barrels and taken fresh food on board and they had avoided bloodshed, unlike their New Zealand experience. Banks was astounded by the new species of plants and animals he encountered with his discoveries gaining him much fame on his return to England. The voyage along the coastline of New South Wales went without incident but once the Endeavour entered Queensland waters Cook would be forced to confront the dangers of sailing inside the world’s longest coral reef system.
The replica of the Endeavour holds pride of place at the Australian Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour Sydney. The 1770 voyage of this small vessel is the primary reason the great city in the background is an English city for over five million people. Without the Endeavour’s voyage the city could have been a French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese or even a Russian city as all European nations were interested in Pacific colonisation. A tour of the Endeavour is a must for all young Australians.
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