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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.
They came on a fleet consisting of two warships, three supply ships and six ships which carried the main group, almost 800 convicts. Governor Arthur Phillip was in command. When the fleet reached the planned destination of Botany Bay, Governor Phillip was disappointed to find that it was not suitable for settlement.So the fleet continued a few kilometers up the coast to an inlet Cook had named Port Jackson.Here Phillip found what he described as 'the finest harbour in the world'.he British government and Governor Phillip had good intentions towards Aboriginal people in 1788. Despite this, relations between black and white people at Sydney Cove soon deteriorated. Some of the reasons for this were: http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_europeans/index.htm (2 of 10)8/12/2007 4:32:07 PM.