OTD in 1788, Australia has its first traffic jam. The French ships enter #BotanyBay , while the British ships race for the exit, to the surprise of #JFGLaperouse . Gov #ArthurPhillip wants the #FirstFleet in #PortJackson & safely anchored in #SydneyCove before sunset.
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OTD in 1788 at 2:15 pm, HMS SUPPLY is the first ship of the #FirstFleet to reach #BotanyBay . She anchors on the north side, where #CaptainCook found deeper water when he visited in 1770. Gov. #ArthurPhillip is rowed ashore where he meets representatives of the Gameygal people.
OTD in 1788 all 11 ships of the #FirstFleet have reached the #BotanyBay rendezvous. Now #ArthurPhillip ’s survey party can rush around to #PortJackson in 3 small boats to sound its entrance & choose a site for the new colony. He’ll return in 3 days to lead the Fleet to #SydneyCove
#OTD - 1/26/1788 - #ArthurPhillip , who had sailed into what is now Sydney Cove with a shipload of convicts, hoisted the #British flag & ...
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📸Raising of the British flag at the founding of the #convict settlement of #Sydney
With his 11 ships secure in #SydneyHarbour , #ArthurPhillip & friends raised a glass in thanks for a safe voyage & for beating their European neighbours
“It was a near-run thing”
There were songs, but no proclamation on the 26th.
#AustraliaDay #LouisXVI #JFGLaperouse #AncienRégime
OTD in 1788 at his camp in #BotanyBay , Commodore #JFGLaperouse welcomed 2 visitors from Sydney, Lieuts. Philip King & William Dawes. They delivered a letter of welcome from Gov #ArthurPhillip , promising a vice-regal reception ASAP. Laperouse invited them to dine & stay the night.
Two days before #AustraliaDay , the weather was not like this!
An electric storm raged for 48 hours, preventing the French ships from entering Botany Bay, and the British from leaving it.
#ArthurPhillip wanted the #FirstFleet to get around to #SydneyHarbour before the French did.
Happy b’day #ententecordiale
In Feb 1788, #ArthurPhillip sent horses to #BotanyBay to bring the French envoys to #Sydney for a musical feast
#JFGLaperouse wrote: Des Européens sont tous compatriotes à cette distance de leurs pays
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#OnThisDay #DidYouKnow #January 26: #Australia Day ,
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Those advocating for a change of date for Australia Day need only know this: 'If not for Captain James Cook and later, Captain Arthur Phillip, YOU would NOT have been born'. HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY 🇦🇺🦘
#AustraliaDay #JamesCook #ArthurPhillip #ChangeTheDat #ChangeTheHate
#News #Referendum #Elite
.. Captains #JamesCook (1770) & #ArthurPhillip (1788)
settled the #GeatSouthLand for #Britain
.. Millions of #Australians r inherited from #migrants fm #Britain , #Scotland , #Wales & the #Commonwealth
Why is #BBC World #radio silent on #Voice ?
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