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 ...

Australia Day, observed on January 26th, has long been a day of celebration, marking the arrival of the First Fleet at Port ...

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 ...