Museum Of Sydney - Phillip Street - Site Of Original Government House
I Remember Back In 2017 The Families Of The Fire Fleeters Put The Money Together To Get This Statue Of Captain Arthur Phillip R.N Commissioned And Was Finally Place In The Courtyard On The Corner Of Phillip And Bligh Street Which Is The Original Site Of The First Government House In Australia.
I Stopped Back On The Corner Of Bligh Street And Phillip Street, The Site Of The First Government House. These Are The Totem Poles Of The Eora Tribe Which Has Since Died Out In The Sydney Basin Region.
Sydney’s first government house was built in 1789 for Governor Arthur Phillip.
In November 1789, two aboriginal man, Bendalong and Colby, we captured at Manly under Phillips orders and we held at government house.
After they escaped, Binalong maintain cordial ties with Phillip. He often dying to government house with his wife Barangaroo and a number of aboriginal people were buried within the gardens at his best.
In 1995 the Museum of Sydney opened on the site. A forest of pillars made of timber, stone and steel stands adjacent to the museum entrance.
This installation by Janet Lawrence and Fiona Foley, edge of the trees, symbolises the interaction between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people at this important side of early contact
