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- On arriving at Botany Bay, Phillip found the site unsuitable and searched for a more habitable site for a settlement, which he found in Port Jackson – the site of Sydney, Australia, today.
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Jan 26, 2021 · Under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, the fleet sought to establish a penal colony at Botany Bay on the coast of New South Wales, which had been explored and claimed by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770.
On 18 January 1788, the fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, arrived at Botany Bay, but the swampy land did not live up to the expectations raised by Cook's descriptions from his first voyage and it was decided to venture further into Port Jackson to find a suitable anchorage.
On arriving at Botany Bay, Phillip found the site unsuitable and searched for a more habitable site for a settlement, which he found in Port Jackson – the site of Sydney, Australia, today. Phillip was a far-sighted governor who soon realised that New South Wales would need a civil administration and a system for emancipating convicts.
Dec 5, 2022 · On this day 20 January 1788 the last of the eleven ships of the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay. Captain Arthur Phillip's search for a more suitable site led him to Port Jackson. The rest of the fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour on 26 January.
Less than 20 years after Captain Cook first landed at Botany Bay, Britain established the first permanent European settlement in Australia. An expedition led by Arthur Philip of 11 ships carrying convicts, stores and settlers, left Portsmouth for Australia in the spring of 1787.
At the very first landing of Governor Phillip on the shore of Botany Bay, an interview with the natives took place. They were all armed, but on seeing the Governor approach with signs of friendship, alone and unarmed, they readily returned his confidence by laying down their weapons.
Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), a sailor of wide experience in both the Royal Navy and the Portuguese fleet, accepted the post of commander of the fleet and governor of the new colony in 1786, and the eleven ships arrived in Botany Bay in January 1788.
