Captain Cook

Captain Cook found the Sout Coast so attractive that he nearly landed ther in 1770, instead of waiting until he got to Botany Bay. Heavy surf off the Five Islands at Wollongong dissuaded him. From the Endeavor Cook sighted several people on the shore who 'appeared to be of a very dark colour'. They would probably have come from one of the five Aboriginal tribes who occupied the South Coast before the arrival of the Europeans.
They were the Dharawal, Wodi-Wodi, Gurandada, Dharumba and Wandandian people. They left middens and shelter caves througout the a...