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Australian aboriginal leaders to ask Prince William for remains of local warrior
He was accused of spearing Governor Arthur Phillip's gamekeeper. As his legend grew, so did his supporters: at one point, he had more than 100 followers, who knew him as the “rainbow warrior ...
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Their ancestor ruled Australia. Sex and servitude split the family
helpful in Gidley King’s quest to become governor, following Arthur Phillip and John Hunter. However, King, who organised the re-enactment of the First Fleet voyage for the 1988 bicentenary ...
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Spearing the Governor
Like a current-day news story, this First Fleet painting records an important and dramatic event. In it we see Governor Phillip, head of the British colony, standing on the beach with a spear through ...
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Australia Day - What is it and how has it changed over the years?
It marks the day when the First Fleet of 11 British ships sailed into Port Jackson with Governor Arthur Phillip raising the British flag in Sydney Cove on 26 January, 1788. Many Indigenous ...
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Settlement guide: what's australian day
It marks the day when the First Fleet of 11 British ships sailed into Port Jackson with Governor Arthur Phillip raising the British flag in Sydney Cove on 26 January, 1788. Many Indigenous ...