26 January 1788: A convict settlement is establish at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788.

Those who celebrate the day have to ask: is the Australia that has emerged across the course of almost 250 years the only possible version of ... Royal Navy captain Arthur Phillip, by Francis ...

CNN host Abby Phillip and pundit Scott Jennings got into a heated debate on her show Monday over President Trump’s agenda meeting pushback in the courts. “Every single one of these cases deals ...

Australia's national day on Jan. 26 is a date of mourning for many Indigenous Australians because it marks the day that Captain Arthur Phillip landed in Sydney Cove and the beginning of the ...

By Clay Risen Arthur Blessitt, whose fervent efforts to ... he later swapped the heavy cross for a 42-pound version that he could split in two, making it easier to ship. Image Mr. Blessitt and ...

Cook charted Australia's east coast in 1770, laying the groundwork for the later decision to send the First Fleet, which was led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Australia Day is a contentious holiday ...

following Arthur Phillip and John Hunter. However, King, who organised the re-enactment of the First Fleet voyage for the 1988 bicentenary, commended his ancestor for treating all his children the ...

Duo, the green cartoon owl mascot for language learning app Duolingo, has died, and singer Dua Lipa is grieving. The brand announced Duo’s passing on Tuesday, writing in a cheeky statement on th ...

Philip Haywood, Kentucky’s all-time winningest high school football coach, died Wednesday at University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. He was 73. Belfry athletics director Matt Varney ...

Consider that Eli Manning (1st), Larry Fitzgerald (3rd), Philip Rivers (4th), and Ben Roethlisberger (11th) were all selected in the first 11 picks that year. Both Fitzgerald and Rivers are first ...

Australian media personality, radio and television identity, Philip Brady has died at the age of 85. In an email sent to staff, 3AW station manager Stephen Beers said Mr Brady had a short ...

Act leader and Epsom MP David Seymour (left) wrote a detailed letter to police advocating for Philip Polkinghorne during the investigation into the death of the eye surgeon's wife, Pauline Hanna.