Silver Beach (New South Wales)
Beach in Sydney
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Silver Beach is a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long west-trending sand spit in Kurnell, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is located 18 km (11 mi) south of the Sydney CBD. Situated on the northwestern reaches of the Kurnell Peninsula and linked with the sandstone of Sutherland Point in the east, the beach is characterised by silver-coloured sands, hence the name, and fourteen rockwall groynes which project into Botany Bay.
The eastern point of the beach is the site where Captain James Cook first set foot on Australian soil in 1770, which marked the beginning of Britain's interest in Australia and in the eventual colonisation of this new "southern continent".
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Kamay Botany Bay National Park
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
1.1 mi away
National Heritage List (Australia)
National heritage register of Australia
1.1 mi away
Bare Island (New South Wales)
Heritage-listed islet in Sydney, Australia
1.6 mi away
Kurnell
Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
0.4 mi away
Botany Bay
Open ocean bay in Sydney, Australia
1.3 mi away
Cape Solander
Historic site in Sydney, New South Wales
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