 Thornton even constructed huts for them at the camp, justifying the decision to parliament by arguing that the camp was economically viable.By 1881 there were two camps with 35 Aboriginal people recorded to be living at La Perouse and a further 15 in Botany Bay within the boundaries of what is today Kamay Botany Bay National Park.In 1881 there was an outbreak of smallpox in the colony.