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title: "Botanic Gardens, Sidney — GetMap"
description: "The colony's first farm failed on this shore. The colony's first farm was planted on this shore in 1788, but its crops failed and the fields moved west…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJWaTdYGuuEmsRoOfx-Wh9AQ8
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# Botanic Gardens

The colony's first farm failed on this shore

Nature · 🇦🇺 Sidney · one place, one stop

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The colony's first farm was planted on this shore in 1788, but its crops failed and the fields moved west. The botanic garden was established in 1816 around Farm Cove, with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge across the water.

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