On Jan. 26, 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed at the spot where the city of Sydney now stands. In 1837 Michigan became the 26th state.

This needs to be kept in mind when considering the foundational relationship in the development of the Australian nation – that between Captain Arthur Phillip of the British Royal Navy – who ...

There, he could tend the wounded and make repairs. By happenstance, he arrived just five days after Captain Arthur Phillip and his convoy of convicts. For 30 years Phillip had fought England’s ...

Captain Arthur Phillip had safely led 1420 souls aboard a fleet of 11 ships 17,000 nautical miles across deadly seas in the most ­extraordinary and treacherous flotilla voyage in history.

Captain Arthur Phillip RN was commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788. Work on the site he chose for a convict settlement at nearby ...

Captain Arthur Phillip (1738 - 1814) of the Royal Navy raises the flag to declare British possession of New South Wales at Sydney Cove, Australia, Jan. 26, 1788. Hulton Archive / Getty Images.

Captain Arthur Phillip raises the flag to declare British possession of New South Wales at Sydney Cove, Australia, 26th January 1788 (Picture: Getty) ...

Two hundred years after his death, one of Australia's founding fathers is being remembered in the Hampshire village where he farmed before his epic journey to the Antipodes.