Like a current-day news story, this First Fleet painting records an important and dramatic event. In it we see Governor Phillip, head of the British colony, standing on the beach with a spear through ...

Today, The Weekend Australian launches a six-part illustrated newspaper series — a “graphic ­serial” — that tells the story of ­Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet’s epic journey to ...

This First Fleet of 11 ships, six of which carried convicts from Britain to Australia, was under the overall command of Captain Arthur Phillip, who went onto become the first Governor of New South ...