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Sydney Cove was the site of the First Fleet's landing on 26 January 1788 and the subsequent raising of the Union Jack, a seminal date in Australian history now marked as Australia Day. Sydney Cove, Port Jackson in the County of Cumberland – from a drawing made by Francis Fowkes in 1788
On 21 January 1788, after arriving at Botany Bay, Governor Arthur Phillip took a longboat and two cutters up the coast to sound the entrance and examine Cook's Port Jackson. Phillip first stayed overnight at Camp Cove , just inside the South Head, then moved up the harbour, landing at Sydney Cove and then Manly Cove, before returning to Botany ...
The First Fleet arrives in Port Jackson, 27 January 1788, by William Bradley, an officer on HMS Sirius. Lithograph of the First Fleet entering Port Jackson, 26 January 1788, by Edmund Le Bihan. It was soon realised that Botany Bay did not live up to the glowing account that the explorer Captain James Cook had provided. [56]
A few days after arrival at Botany Bay the fleet moved to the more suitable Port Jackson where a settlement was established at Sydney Cove, known by the Indigenous name Warrane, on 26 January 1788. [24] This date later became Australia's national day, Australia Day. The colony was formally proclaimed by Governor Phillip on 7 February 1788 at ...
The earliest known map of Sydney is Bradley's sketch of the encampment in March 1788. [24] Bradley's journal also documents his journey to Norfolk Island in March 1790. [20] HMS Sirius was wrecked on arrival, [25] and Bradley remained for 11 months undertaking a survey of the island, then travelled back to Port Jackson on Supply. [20]
Map of Sydney Cove published 24 July 1789. The First Fleet of 11 ships under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Botany Bay in January 1788. It consisted of more than a thousand settlers, including 736 convicts. [17] The fleet soon moved to the more suitable Port Jackson where a settlement was established at Sydney Cove on 26 ...
Sydney Cove, on which Circular Quay is located, was the site of the initial landing of the First Fleet in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. The governor's temporary canvas house was erected on the east side of the cove, [9] while the western shore became the centre of the early settlement. It was the focal point from which the city of Sydney grew.
26 January – After Botany Bay was decided unsuitable for settlement, the First Fleet sails to Port Jackson and lands at Sydney Cove to establish a settlement (which becomes Sydney). [1] 6 February – The first female convicts disembark at Port Jackson. [1]