Which colony did Joseph Banks proposed for the British settlement?
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Answer
Joseph Banks was a naturalist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his voyage to Australia in 1770. After the voyage, Banks proposed that the British settle in New South Wales, which he had found to be a fertile and desirable location. Banks' proposal was accepted, and the first British settlement in Australia was established in Sydney in 1788.
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