Arthur Phillip, leading the First Fleet, landed in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788.
Captain Arthur Phillip raised the flag for Britain at Port Jackson, New South Wales, on 26 January 1788.
yes The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789).
Port Phillip was named after Australia's first Governor - Governor Arthur Phillip.
Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet landed in Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. They originally reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, but found that area was unsuitable for settlement.
Captain Arthur Phillip was supposed to establish the first colony in New South Wales at Botany Bay, but upon the arrival of the First Fleet there on 18 January 1788, he quickly determined that it was unsuitable for settlement. Thus, he explored north until he found Port Jackson.It was on 22 January 1788 that Phillip decided port Jackson would be the best site for the new settlement.
Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay between 18 and 20 January 1788.However, only Phillip and some of the crew of the HMS Supply went ashore. The passengers and remaining crew of the First Fleet did not go ashore. Phillip led the fleet up to Port Jackson, where Phillip selected Sydney Cove as a more suitable site for settlement, arriving there on 26 January 1788. Port Jackson is where the first settlement of Sydney was established.
Port Phillip Bay was named for Arthur Phillip, the former Governor of New South Wales. Philip Gidley King renamed it after John Murray named it for him, Port King.
Originally, it was recommended that the First Fleet would settle at Botany Bay, where it arrived on 18 January 1788. However, Captain Arthur Phillip immediately determined that there was insufficient fresh water, an absence of usable timber, poor quality soil and no safe harbour at Botany Bay. He sailed north, seeking a better site for settlement, and decided Port Jackson met the immediate needs of the colonists. Thus the fleet was moved to Port Jackson, and thence on to Sydney Cove, arriving on 26 January 1788.
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