the Botany Bay region. He noted in his journal that it seemed they "wanted nothing more than that we should be gone." Sir Joseph Banks, Cook's botanist, recorded thoughts on the aboriginal's simple lifestyle. "They live a tranquility which is not disturbed by the Inequity of Condition. The Earth and sea of their own accord furnishes them with all things necessary for life, they covert not magnificent houses, household staff etc. They live in a warm and fine climate and enjoy a very wholesome air, so that they have very little need of clothing." Cook a
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