The First Fleet collection gives a fascinating insight into life in Australia following the arrival of the British in 1788, when 11 ships carrying some 1,400 people landed to establish the first ...

The history of Australia from an Indigenous peoples' perspective, beginning with the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney and ending in 1993 with Eddie Kolki Mabo's legal challenge.

The 1788 arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney results in cautious friendships being formed between the First Australians and the British Empire. Yet within three years, relations sour as settlers ...