La Perouse, New South Wales
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La Perouse Sydney, New South Wales |
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Bare Island Fort, Botany Bay
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 La Perouse
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| Coordinates | 33°59′35″S 151°14′36″E / 33.99306°S 151.24333°ECoordinates: 33°59′35″S 151°14′36″E / 33.99306°S 151.24333°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 418 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2036 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 14 km (9 mi) south-east of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Randwick | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Maroubra | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Kingsford Smith | ||||||||||||
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La Perouse is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb of La Perouse is located about 14 kilometres southeast of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Randwick.
The La Perouse peninsula is the northern headland of Botany Bay. It is notable for its old military outpost at Bare Island and the Botany Bay National Park. Congwong Bay Beach, Little Congwong Beach, and the beach at Frenchmans Bay provide protected swimming areas in Botany Bay. La Perouse is one of few Sydney suburbs with a French name, others being Sans Souci, Engadine and Vaucluse. Kurnell is located opposite, on the southern headland of Botany Bay.
La Perouse was known as "Gooriwal" to the Muruora-dial people of the area.
La Perouse was named after the French navigator Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741–88), who landed on the northern shore of Botany Bay west of Bare Island on 26 January 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip and the first fleet of convicts had arrived in Botany Bay a few days earlier. Louis XVI of France had commissioned Lapérouse to explore the Pacific. In April 1770 James Cook's expedition had sailed onto the east coast of Australia whilst exploring the south Pacific searching for Terra Australis or ‘Land of the South’. Upon King Louis XVI's orders, Lapérouse departed Brest, France, in command of Astrolabe and Boussole on 1 August 1785 on a scientific voyage of the Pacific inspired by the voyages of Cook. La Perouse in Sydney's south is named after the leader of this French expedition.
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