Never mind that Cook’s arrival on these shores was separated from the First Fleet’s by almost two ... the date governor Arthur Phillip formally proclaimed the brand-new colony on the banks ...

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.

wrote a faceless spray-painter last year across a Hyde Park statue of ­Captain James Cook ... that tells the story of ­Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet’s epic journey to Australia Day.

The First Fleet sailed from England with explicit ... But what really happened on January 26, 1788? The Royal Navy's Captain Arthur Phillip had been empowered under British law by King George ...

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 ...

This is because Cook’s expedition paved the way for the 1788 decision to send the First Fleet led by Captain Arthur Phillip to the new continent. In January 2024, a statue of Cook in Melbourne ...

1788 - First Fleet arrives in Australia: Captain Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack at Sydney Cove, officially founding the British colony of New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day.

A former Royal Navy commander of the coalition Naval Training Team re-building the Iraqi Navy at Umm Qasr Naval Base and Falklands’ war veteran is the new Commander British Forces Falkland Islands.