These include drawings of plants, animals and landscapes by Thomas Watling, a convicted forger, and George Raper, a midshipman of the fleet’s lead ship, HMS Sirius. It also contains the first drawings ...

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 ...

It marks the day when the First Fleet of 11 British ships sailed into Port Jackson with Governor Arthur Philip raising the British flag in Sydney Cove on 26 January, 1788. Many Indigenous ...

The final group of water-colours are known as the Port Jackson Painter collection or Banks Mss 34. It is unknown how Sir Joseph Banks acquired the collection or its earlier history. It has been ...