What is Sydney Harbour?
'''Sydney Harbour''' (also called '''Port Jackson''') is a natural [[harbour]] on the East Coast of Australia in Sydney. It is the location of the [[Sydney Opera House]] and the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]]. == History == Before the arrival of [[Europe]]an settlers, the area surrounding Sydney Harbour was home to a variety of aboriginal [[tribe]]s, including members of the [[Gadigal]], [[Cammeraygal]], [[Eora]] and [[Wanegal]] tribes. It is believed{{cn}} that the Gadigal people once lived in the area heading from the south side of Port Jackson (South Head, Watsons Bay) and west in a semi circle through [[Petersham, New South Wales|Petersham]]. The Cammeraygal tribe lived on the northern side of Sydney Harbour and the Wanegal tribe owned the area on the southern side of the Parramatta River, just west of Petersham and through to [[Rose Hill, New South Wales|Rose Hill]]. The Eora tribe lived on the southern side of Sydney Harbour, not far from where the [[First Fleet]] set up camp. [[File:A1_Sydney_Harbour_Bridge.JPG|thumb|300px|right|[[Sydney Opera House]] and [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]] are both on the shores of Sydney Harbour]] In 1770, shortly after he left [[Botany Bay]] ([[:en:Kurnell Peninsula|Kurnell Peninsula]]), Lt [[James Cook]] became the first non-Aboriginal person to visit Sydney Harbour. Cook named it Sydney Harbour after Sir [[George Jackson (MP)|George Jackson]].<ref>NSW Govt Printer (1892), Historical Records of New South Wales, Vol 1, Part 2 (1783-1792) pages 67-70. cited in [http://www.statusquo.org/ausday.htm#Proclamtion statusquo.org]{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He did not go into the harbour, but sailed past the entrance (Sydney Heads) on his way north up the East Coast of Australia. European settlement started on January 26, 1788 when Captain [[Arthur Phillip]] and the [[First Fleet]] arrived from England. Phillip brought 732 [[convict]]s (prisoners) and a small group of [[soldier]]s to start a [[penal colony]]. They landed at a small inl