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This is where they say it all started back in 1770 after James Cook hit some reef or other and had to beach his barque "HMS Endeavour" for a week or two and got to know some of the locals.

It is also possible that this is where the saying Whingeing Pom was first used, except Pom would have to have been replaced with another word as Pom stands for "Prisoner Of Mother England" and they did not arrive for a few more years.