 The Cadigal people of the Botany Bay area witnessed the Fleet arrive and six days later the two ships of French explorer La Pérouse, the "Astrolabe" and the "Boussole", sailed into the bay.When the Fleet moved to Sydney Cove seeking better conditions for establishing the colony, they encountered the Eora people, including the Bidjigal clan.A number of the First Fleet journals record encounters with Aboriginal people.