Чудеса истории.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Perouse,_New_South_Wales

La Perouse was named after the French navigator Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741-88), who landed on the northern shore of Botany Bay west of Bare Island in January 1788 only days after the first fleet of convicts arrived in Australia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet

The ships arrived at Botany Bay between 18 and 20 January 1788. HMS Supply arrived on 18 January, The Alexander, Scarborough and Friendship arrived on 19 January and the remaining ships on 20 January 1788.

Разница всего лишь в несколько дней - и могла бы вся Австралия разговаривать на французском, а не на английском языке, и ездить по правильной стороне дороги.