Lady Robinson Beach

Lady Robinsons Beach is the stretch of beach between the mouth of the Cooks River and the mouth of Georges River on the western shore of Botany Bay. Originally the beach was known as Seven Mile Beach. The beach was renamed after the wife of the then Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson. Isolated settlements separated from the beach by sand dunes were also given the name of Lady Robinson's Beach as their postal address. Lady Robinsons Beach is the eastern boundary of the area known as the St George District. It is also the eastern boundary of the Municipality of Rockdale and of the suburbs of Kyeemagh, Brighton-Le-Sands, Monterey, Ramsgate Beach, Sans Souci, Dolls Point and Sandringham.

This beach on the opposite shore and the low ridge of hills behind the beach is one of the first landmarks that Captain James Cook and his crew in 1770, and later Captain Arthur Phillip and his crew in 1788, would have seen as they sailed through the mouth of Botany Bay. Captain Cook and (later, Sir) Joseph Banks, botanist, investigated the beach. They recommended that it was suitable for a settlement. Captain Phillip decided against this because there was no adequate supply of fresh water and the vegetation was too dense. He decided to establish his settlement in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) instead (ACP, p3).

Lady Robinsons Beach was formed by the erosion of the Hawkesbury sandstone which is still evident as rocky outcrops and cliffs located 1-3 kilometres west of the beach. The sand of the beach and its dunes (now largely destroyed) is a pale yellow and fine-grained.

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