Oil portrait painting of Captain Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW and commander of the First Fleet in 1787-88, painted by Francis Wheatley in 1786. Picture: National Potrait Gallery, London.

The art of the First Fleet. On 13 May 1787 eleven ships, now commonly referred to as the First Fleet, set sail from Portsmouth to establish a colony in New South Wales, Australia. They reached their ...

Oil portrait painting of Captain Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW and commander of the First Fleet in 1787-88, painted by Francis Wheatley in 1786. Picture: National Potrait Gallery, London.

On this day in 1787 a fleet of 11 ships set sail from Portsmouth to establish a penal colony in ... 15,000 miles, and 48 deaths, the 11 ships finally arrived in Botany Bay. The first, HMS ...

In his Journal Smyth records the departure of the First Fleet from Portsmouth in 1787 and the long voyage to Australia. His job was to be surgeon to more than 100 convict women on the Lady Penrhyn.

In 1787, Captain Arthur Phillip left England with the first group of prisoners on the First Fleet. They arrived in Sydney Cove in 1788. Watch this clip to find out the stories of some of these ...

1787-First Fleet headed by Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of convicts for Botany Bay, Australia 1830-Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president 1940-Winston ...

The art of the First Fleet. On 13 May 1787 eleven ships, now commonly referred to as the First Fleet, set sail from Portsmouth to establish a colony in New South Wales, Australia. They reached their ...

Oil portrait painting of Captain Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW and commander of the First Fleet in 1787-88, painted by Francis Wheatley in 1786. Picture: National Potrait Gallery, London.