26 January 1788: A convict settlement is establish at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788.
An oil painting of then Royal Navy captain Arthur Phillip, by Francis Wheatley in 1786. Picture: National Potrait Gallery, London With no land borders with the colonies of other empires (imagine ...
Nor does it commemorate the official founding of New South Wales, which took place on February 7, the date governor Arthur Phillip formally proclaimed the brand-new colony on the banks of Sydney Cove.
Australia's national day on Jan. 26 is a date of mourning for many Indigenous Australians because it marks the day that Captain Arthur Phillip landed in Sydney Cove and the beginning of the ...
following Arthur Phillip and John Hunter. However, King, who organised the re-enactment of the First Fleet voyage for the 1988 bicentenary, commended his ancestor for treating all his children the ...
Cook charted Australia's east coast in 1770, laying the groundwork for the later decision to send the First Fleet, which was led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Australia Day is a contentious holiday ...
About 900 students at public schools in Western Sydney will learn about the impacts of climate change and urban heat island ...
Though he knew he wouldn't star in the Bergerac reboot as the maverick detective, Philip Glenister was stunned when he found ...
The eagerly anticipated Bergerac reboot is almost here, but fans will notice that one major character has been replaced - and ...
Bob Warneke made a significant contribution to the scientific knowledge of Victoria’s terrestrial and marine mammals and the natural history of the south-eastern region ...
Arthur Phillip The leader of this great expedition was Commodore Arthur Phillip who had the power to make land grants in the colony and create legislation. The arrival of the ships at Botany Bay on ...
It’s the western Sydney high school with an alumni that has made waves in sport, hospitality, medicine and the arts.