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1788: Captain Arthur Phillip establishes a convict settlement at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was the commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788. Three days later he chose a site at nearby Sydney Cove, in Port Jackson, and on 26 January began to establish a convict settlement.
Phillip was the founding Governor of the Colony of New South Wales and 2014 marked the 200th anniversary of his death at his home in Bath, England, on 31 August 1814. As Commander of the First Fleet, Captain Arthur Phillip led 11 ships, some little bigger than a Sydney ferry, on a remarkable eight month voyage.