Foundation Of Australia
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On The 18th August 1786, Lord Sydney Wrote To The Lords Of The Treasury, Saying That It Was The Kings Pleasure That Ships Be Provided For The Carriage Of 750 Convicts To Botany Bay, Together With Provisions & Necessaries Useful On Arrival.
A Fleet Of 2 War Ships, 6 Transports, & 3 Supply Vessels, Commanded By Captain Arthur Phillip R.N. , Sailed From Portsmouth On The 12th May 1787 For The New Colony Of New South Wales.
Most Of The Fleet Dropped Anchor At Botany Bay On The 20th January 1788, After A Voyage Of 8 Months, In Which They’d Sailed 15,063 Miles.
On The 22nd January 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip Headed A Boat Party To A Harbour 9 Miles North Of Botany Bay, Which Captain Cook Had Sighted & Named Port Jackson In May 1770 As He Mapped The East Coast Of Australia (New Holland) With Sir Joseph Banks On The HMAS Endeavour, After The Planetary Conjunction Of Venus In Tahiti Upon King George III’s Instructions.
Captain Arthur Phillip Noted In The Official Journal That
“He Had The Satisfaction To Find One Of The Finest Harbours In The World, In Which A Thousand Sail Of The Line Might Ride In Perfect Security.”
“The Fleet Up Anchored Fro
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