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Where did the First Fleet land to set up the first British settlement?
- aHobart
- bMoreton Bay
- cSydney CoveCorrect answer
- dPort Phillip Bay
Why?
The ships came ashore at Sydney Cove. The settlement there became the start of the colony of New South Wales.
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