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 ...

Arthur Phillip The leader of this great expedition was Commodore Arthur Phillip who had the power to make land grants in the colony and create legislation. The arrival of the ships at Botany Bay on ...

The Spurr family home was razed on Friday afternoon when a bushfire tore through Arthur River; a small Wheatbelt town, about 200km south-east of Perth. The family home — first built in 1928 — was ...

Ferrari factory driver Arthur Leclerc hopes to be “in for the end” on Sunday for the final dash to the flag to cap off his Rolex 24 debut. The Monegasque driver, who is finding his feet in sportscars ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...