Sir Joseph Banks was a late-18th to early-19th century British botanist, naturalist, and supporter of the natural sciences. Joseph Banks liked to go on to explore the world to indulge in interest in botany. He became an active advocate for sciences in British culture and Sir Joseph Banks, as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1773 a well known botanist. He advised King George III and became president of the Royal Society for over 41 years. Banks was a major supporter of British colonization of Australia, especially a region called New South Wales, and an advisor of of British government on Australian matters. He traveled with Captain Cook and participated in the first landing in Australia at Botany bay. Cook was about to named the place