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The First Fleet of 11 ships, led by Governor Arthur Phillip, departed from Great Britain for Australia to begin European colonisation.
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The First Fleet of 11 ships, led by Governor Arthur Phillip, departed from Great Britain for Australia to begin European colonisation.
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At 2.15 pm the brig HMS Supply anchored on the northern side of Botany Bay. He began exploring the surrounding countryside and made contact with the Aborigines.
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Australia starts to get colonized by British.
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Deciding that Botany Bay was unsuitable for settlement, Captain Arthur Phillip set out with a party in three open boats to seek out another site. He later reported to Lord Sydney, British Secretary of State; "We got into Port Jackson early in the Afternoon, and had the satisfaction of finding the finest harbour in the world, in which a thousand Sail of the line may ride in the most perfect security." He selected a cove with a stream and named it Sydney Cove.
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Convicts disembarked at Sydney Cove and helped clear the ground.
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17 Wives of marines and 14 children disembarked from the Prince of Wales. They were the first women and children to land. The first of the livestock was brought ashore.
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The women convicts came ashore. There followed a ‘scene of debauchery and riot’, accompanied by a violent thunderstorm.
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At the first criminal court, Samuel Barnsley was sentenced to 150 lashes for assault and Thomas Hill to confinement in irons on a small rocky island at the head of the cove for stealing bread.
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Thomas Barratt was hanged for stealing in stores, the first execution.
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5 of 6 ships of the beleaguered Second Fleet arrived. The colony was gripped by a food crisis.
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The first ship of the Third Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove.