Francis Wheatley · Public domain
18th century · 1738–1814
Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip · Australia
Commander of the First Fleet and first Governor of New South Wales
An officer of Britain's Royal Navy. In 1786 he was appointed commander of the First Fleet and led 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia, founding the colony of New South Wales in 1788 and becoming its first governor. He saw early on that the colony needed civil administration and a way for convicts to regain their freedom. He resigned for health reasons and spent his last years in Bath, England. Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne and Phillip Island are named after him.
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Historia · The Rocks
The First Fleet and Sydney Cove
After the American colonies won independence in 1783, Britain lost its destination for transported convicts and decided to found a penal colony at Botany Bay in Australia. In January 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip led the First Fleet of 11 ships to Botany Bay, then moved north to Port Jackson, establishing a settlement in a cove he named Sydney Cove after the Home Secretary, Lord Sydney. The Rocks was one of this settlement's earliest neighbourhoods. Phillip realised early that the colony needed civil administration, as well as a system to restore freedom to convicts who had served their sentences.
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