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the first fleet
the first fleet 11 ships traveled to botany bay -
convicts love token
A convict love token made for Thomas Tilley a convict on the First Fleet. It was probably made in Portsmouth, England c.1786 – 1787. A circular copper disc, fully hand engraved. Obverse: inscription “Thomas Tilley transported 29 July 1785 for signing a note sent the hulks Jan 24 1786″. Reverse: shows a bird with a chain around its neck, a symbol of a Jail Bird. Dimensions: 27 mm in diameter X 1 mm High. -
Draught Instructions for Governor Phillip, 25 April 1787
The Draught Instructions for Governor Phillip is the first official communication concerning the occupation and settlement of Australia. It empowers Captain Arthur Phillip to establish the first British Colony in Australia and to make grants of land and issue regulations for the Colony. They comprise a type of founding ‘Constitution’ for the new Colony. Paper. Dimensions 330 mm long x 220 mm wide. Six years after James Cook landed at Botany Bay and gave the territory its English name of ‘New Sou -
arrived in botany bay
the first fleet arrived in botany bay -
the convicts disembarked at sdyney cove and helped clear the ground
the convicts disembarked at sdyney cove and helped clear the ground -
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.
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. -
Rev. Richard Johnson held the colony’s first religious service ‘on the grass’
Rev. Richard Johnson held the colony’s first religious service ‘on the grass’ -
The women convicts came ashore. There followed a ‘scene of debauchery and riot’, accompanied by a violent thunderstorm
The women convicts came ashore. There followed a ‘scene of debauchery and riot’, accompanied by a violent thunderstorm -
the whole party assembled on the west side of sdyney cove
The whole party assembled on the west side of Sydney Cove, where the deputy judge-advocate David Collins read the King’s commission establishing Phillip’s governorship over the colony and the letters patent establishing civil and criminal courts. Phillip addressed the convicts, wishing them ‘reformation, happiness, and prosperity, in this new country'.
