If not for the Brits, ‘invasion day’ could have been a whole lot worse
The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary celebrations of 1938. The painting depicts the moment that Captain Arthur Phillip ...
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Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
He said the heritage statue would be restored but it would take weeks to do it, lamenting that ratepayer money could have been put to better use ... led by Captain Arthur Phillip to the ...
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Captain Cook statue disfigured and painted red in Sydney ahead of Australia Day
He said the heritage statue would be restored but it would take weeks to do it, lamenting that ratepayer money could have been put to better use. “Randwick City ... to send the First Fleet led by ...
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British Convicts to Australia
Arthur Phillip The leader of this great ... The First Fleet enters Port Jackson Some years earlier Captain James Cook had recorded a sighting of the harbour but had not investigated it. Phillip ...
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Defining Moments in Australian History: Colonisation begins
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.
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Monuments defaced as Australians protest, celebrate national day
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 ...