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77-445: The Museum of Sydney is a historical collection and exhibit, built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, Arthur Phillip , on the present-day corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney . The original house , which was Australia's first Government House , was built in 1788 and later abandoned. The foundations were exposed in 1983 and further archaeological work carried out in 1984. The new museum building on

154-491: A circumnavigation , returned to Sydney Cove in April, just in time to save the near-starving colony. As an experienced farmhand, Phillip's appointed servant Henry Edward Dodd, served as farm superintendent at Farm Cove , where he successfully cultivated the first crops, later moving to Rose Hill , where the soil was better. James Ruse , a convict, was later appointed to the position after Dodd died in 1791. When Ruse succeeded in

231-501: A civil administration, with courts of law, that applied to everyone living in the settlement. Two convicts, Henry and Susannah Kable, sought to sue Duncan Sinclair, the captain of the Alexander , for stealing their possessions during the voyage. Sinclair, believing that as convicts they had no protection from the law, as was the case in Britain, boasted that he could not be sued. Despite this,

308-419: A colony at Botany Bay. Upon arriving there, Phillip was to assume the powers of captain general and governor in chief of the new colony. A subsidiary colony was to be founded on Norfolk Island , as recommended by Sir John Call and Sir George Young , to take advantage of that island's native flax ( harakeke ) and timber for naval purposes. On 25 October 1786, the 20-gun HMS  Sirius , lying in

385-468: A detachment of troops from Rio de Janeiro to Colonia do Sacramento on the Río de la Plata (opposite Buenos Aires ) to relieve the garrison there. The voyage also conveyed a consignment of convicts assigned to carry out work at Colonia. During a storm encountered in the course of the voyage, the convicts assisted in working the ship, and on arriving at Colonia, Phillip recommended that they be rewarded for saving

462-621: A farm there. The marriage was unhappy, and the couple separated in 1769 when Phillip returned to the Navy. The following year, he was posted as second lieutenant aboard HMS  Egmont , a newly built 74-gun ship of the line . In 1774, Phillip was seconded to the Portuguese Navy as a captain, serving in the war against Spain . While with the Portuguese Navy, Phillip commanded a 26-gun frigate, Nossa Senhora do Pilar . On that ship, he took

539-467: A measure of co-operation from the marine officers ran against their tradition. Major Robert Ross and his officers (with the exception of a few such as David Collins , Watkin Tench , and William Dawes ) refused to do anything other than guard duty, claiming that they were neither gaolers, supervisors, nor policemen. Four companies of marines, consisting of 160 privates with 52 officers and NCO's, accompanied

616-582: A merchant vessel owner, a merchant captain, or a common seaman. His mother, Elizabeth Breach, was the widow of a common seaman by the name of John Herbert, who had died of disease in Jamaica aboard HMS  Tartar on 13 August 1732. At the time of Arthur Phillip's birth, his family maintained a modest existence as tenants near Cheapside in the City of London . There are no surviving records of Phillip's early childhood. His father, Jacob, died in 1739, after which

693-408: A party of marines, and a number of male convicts were disembarked to fell timber and clear the ground for the erection of tents. The remaining large company of male convicts disembarked from the transports over the following days. Phillip himself structured the ordering of the camp. His own tent as governor and those of his attendant staff and servants were set on the east side of Tank Stream , with

770-554: A settlement, which he found in Port Jackson – the site of Sydney , Australia, today. Phillip was a far-sighted governor who soon realised that New South Wales would need a civil administration and a system for emancipating convicts. However, his plan to bring skilled tradesmen on the First Fleet's voyage had been rejected. Consequently, he faced immense problems with labour, discipline, and supply. Phillip wanted harmonious relations with

847-528: A thorough survey of the harbour at Sydney Cove. Phillip later joined them on an expedition to survey Broken Bay . The fleet's ships left over the next months, with Sirius and Supply remaining in the colony under command of the governor. They were used to survey and map the coastlines and waterways. Scurvy broke out, so Sirius left Port Jackson for Cape Town under the command of Hunter in October 1788, having been sent for supplies. The voyage, which completed

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924-469: A winter voyage to the Mediterranean . Phillip remained aboard as Fortune undertook an outward trading voyage to Barcelona and Livorno carrying salt and raisins, returning via Rotterdam with a cargo of grains and citrus. The ship returned to England in April 1755 and sailed immediately for Svalbard for that year's whale hunt. Phillip was still a member of the crew but abandoned his apprenticeship when

1001-439: Is an officer of education and principle, he gives way to reason and does not, before doing so fall into exaggerated and unbearable excesses of temper   ... he is very clean-handed; is an officer of great truth and very brave; and is no flatterer, saying what he thinks but without temper or want of respect. Correspondence of Luís, 2nd Marquis Lavradio , Viceroy of Brazil, 1778. In 1778, with Britain again at war, Phillip

1078-749: Is explored in a giant showcase of goods and chattels recovered from more than 25 archaeological digs. When it was commissioned, the project was called the First Government House Museum . While the museum building was under construction in November 1993, the New South Wales Minister for the Arts announced that the museum would be known as the Museum of Sydney on the Site of First Government House , described in

1155-466: The Barents Sea . As an apprentice Phillip's responsibilities included stripping blubber from whale carcasses and helping to pack it into barrels. Food was scarce, and Fortune ' s 30 crew members supplemented their diet with bird's eggs, scurvy grass , and, where possible, reindeer . The ship returned to England on 20 July 1754. The whaling crew were paid and replaced with twelve sailors for

1232-495: The Impress Service , in which capacity he and a secretary toured the outposts of Britain to report on the strengths of the various posts. Convicts The label of "ex-convict" usually has lifelong implications, such as social stigma or reduced opportunities for employment. The federal government of Australia , for instance, will not, in general, employ an ex-convict, while some state and territory governments may limit

1309-499: The Siege of Havana . On 7 June 1761, Phillip was commissioned as a lieutenant in recognition for his active service. With the coming of peace on 25 April 1763, he was retired on half-pay. In July 1763, Phillip married Margaret Charlotte Denison ( née  Tibbott ), known as Charlott, a widow 16 years his senior, and moved to Glasshayes in Lyndhurst, Hampshire , establishing

1386-712: The Sydney central business district , the suburb of Phillip in Canberra and the Governor Phillip Tower building in Sydney, as well as many streets, parks, and schools. Arthur Phillip was born on 11 October 1738, in the Parish of All Hallows , in Bread Street , London . He was the son of Jacob Phillip, an immigrant from Frankfurt , who by various accounts was a language teacher,

1463-494: The 70-gun HMS  Grafton , the 74-gun HMS  Elizabeth , Europa , and the 32-gun frigate HMS  Iphigenia , sailed on 16 January 1783 under the command of Commodore Robert Kingsmill . Shortly after the ships' departure, an armistice was concluded between Great Britain and Spain. Phillip learnt of this in April when he put in for storm repairs at Rio de Janeiro. Phillip wrote to Townshend from Rio de Janeiro on 25 April 1783, expressing his disappointment that

1540-647: The American loyalist James Matra in July 1783. Under Banks' guidance, Matra rapidly produced "A Proposal for Establishing a Settlement in New South Wales" (24 August 1783), with a fully developed set of reasons for a colony composed of American loyalists, Chinese, and South Sea Islanders (but not convicts). Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, as Secretary of State for the Home Office and minister in charge, decided to establish

1617-610: The American colonies, such as Maryland , Virginia , and Georgia , as cheap labour. The transportation of convicts from the United Kingdom began around 1615 and became increasingly common in the following years. Initially most people were transported to North America or the West Indies, but from 1718 onwards transportation was entirely to North America. The arrangements ceased when the American Revolutionary War meant it

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1694-447: The Eora's language, beliefs, and customs. By the end of the first year, as none of the Eora had come to live in the settlement, Phillip decided on a more ruthless strategy, and ordered the capture of some Eora warriors. The man who was captured was Arabanoo , from whom Phillip and his officers started to learn language and customs. Arabanoo died in April 1789 of smallpox , which also ravaged

1771-474: The First Fleet to Botany Bay. In addition, there were 34 officers and men serving in the Ship's Complement of Marines aboard Sirius and Supply , bringing the total to 246 who departed England. Ross supported and encouraged his fellow officers in their conflicts with Phillip, engaged in clashes of his own, and complained of the governor's actions to the Home Office. Phillip, more placid and forbearing in temperament,

1848-766: The French naval arsenals at Toulon and other ports. There was fear that Britain would soon be at war with these powers as a consequence of the Batavian Revolution in the Netherlands. Lord Sandwich , together with the president of the Royal Society , Sir Joseph Banks , the scientist who had accompanied Lieutenant James Cook on his 1770 voyage , was advocating the establishment of a British colony in Botany Bay , New South Wales . Banks accepted an offer of assistance from

1925-552: The Greenwich Hospital School on 1 December, and spent the next few months aboard the Fortune , awaiting the start of the 1754 whaling season. Contemporary portraits depict Phillip as shorter than average, with an olive complexion and dark eyes. A long nose and a pronounced lower lip dominated his "smooth pear of a skull" as quoted by Robert Hughes . In April 1754 Fortune headed out to hunt whales near Svalbard in

2002-837: The Hanoverian troops. In the following months Ariadne got a new lieutenant, Philip Gidley King , whom Phillip took under his wing. Ariadne was used to patrol the Channel where on 30 June, she captured the French frigate Le Robecq . With a change of government on 27 March 1782, Sandwich retired from the Admiralty, Lord Germain was replaced as Secretary of State for Home and American Affairs by Earl of Shelburne , before 10 July 1782, in another change of government Thomas Townshend replaced him, and assumed responsibility for organising an expedition against Spanish America. Like Sandwich and Germain, he turned to Phillip for planning advice. The plan

2079-487: The Indigenous people around Sydney Cove, the same couldn't be said about the ones around Botany Bay, who had killed or wounded 17 colonists. Phillip despatched orders, as quoted by Tench, "to put to death ten   ... [and] cut off the heads of the slain   ... to infuse a universal terror, which might operate to prevent further mischief". Even though two expeditions were despatched under command of Watkin Tench , no one

2156-598: The Navy in 1796, holding a number of commands in home waters before being put in command of the Hampshire Sea Fencibles . He eventually retired from active naval service in 1805. He spent his final years of retirement in Bath, Somerset , before his death on 31 August 1814. As the first Governor of New South Wales, a number of places in Australia are named after him, including Port Phillip , Phillip Island , Phillip Street in

2233-842: The New South Wales Corps. Also remaining in the colony were discharged marines, many of whom became settlers. The official departure of the last serving marines from the colony was in December 1792, with Governor Phillip on Atlantic . Major Francis Grose , commander of the New South Wales Corps, had replaced Ross as the Lieutenant-Governor and took over command of the colony when Phillip returned to Britain. Phillip's official orders with regard to Aboriginal people were to "conciliate their affections", to "live in amity and kindness with them", and to punish anyone who should "wantonly destroy them, or give them any unnecessary interruption in

2310-569: The Phillip family would have a low income. Arthur went to sea on a British naval vessel aged nine. On 22 June 1751, he was accepted into the Greenwich Hospital School , a charity school for the sons of indigent seafarers. In accordance with the school's curriculum, his education focused on literacy, arithmetic, and navigational skills, including cartography. His headmaster, Reverend Francis Swinden, observed that in personality, Phillip

2387-565: The South American coastlines. Phillip was promoted to post-captain on 30 November 1781 and given command of the 20-gun HMS  Ariadne . Ariadne was sent to the Elbe to escort a transport ship carrying a detachment of Hanoverian troops, arriving at the port of Cuxhaven on 28 December, the estuary froze over trapping Ariadne in the harbour. In March 1782, Phillip arrived in England with

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2464-648: The arrival of HMS  Gorgon on 22 September 1791, the New South Wales Marines were relieved by a newly formed British Army regiment of foot, the New South Wales Corps . On 18 December 1791, Gorgon left Port Jackson, taking home the larger part of the still-serving New South Wales Marines. There remained in New South Wales a company of active marines serving under Captain George Johnston , who had been Phillip's aide-de-camp , that transferred to

2541-602: The colony on 7 February 1788 in Sydney. Sydney Cove offered a fresh water supply and a safe harbour, which Phillip famously described as: "being with out exception the finest Harbour in the World [...] Here a Thousand Sail of the Line may ride in the most perfect Security." On 26 January, the Union Jack was raised, and possession of the land was taken formally in the name of King George III . The next day, sailors from Sirius ,

2618-431: The country: That there can be no slavery in a free land, and consequently no slaves." Nevertheless, Phillip believed in severe discipline; floggings and hangings were commonplace, although Phillip commuted many death sentences . The settlement's supplies were rationed equally to convicts, officers, and marines, and females were given two-thirds of the weekly males' rations. In late February, six convicts were brought before

2695-477: The court found for the plaintiffs and ordered the captain to make restitution for the theft of the Kables' possessions. Phillip had drawn up a detailed memorandum of his plans for the proposed new colony. In one paragraph he wrote: "The laws of this country [England] will of course, be introduced in [New] South Wales, and there is one that I would wish to take place from the moment his Majesty's forces take possession of

2772-460: The criminal court for stealing supplies. They were sentenced to death; the ringleader, Thomas Barrett , was hanged that day. Phillip gave the rest a reprieve. They were banished to an island in the harbour and given only bread and water. The governor also expanded the settlement's knowledge of the landscape. Two officers from Sirius , Captain John Hunter and Lieutenant William Bradley , conducted

2849-457: The dock at Deptford, was commissioned, with the command given to Phillip. The armed tender HMS  Supply , under the command of Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball , was also commissioned to join the expedition. On 15 December, Captain John Hunter was assigned as second captain to Sirius to command in the absence of Phillip, who as governor of the colony, would be where the seat of government

2926-526: The early meetings, dancing, and musket demonstrations, the Eora avoided the settlement in Sydney Cove for the first year, but they warned and then attacked whenever colonists trespassed on their lands away from the settlement. Part of Phillip's early plan for peaceful cohabitation had been to persuade some Eora, preferably a family, to come and live in the town with the British so that the colonists could learn about

3003-643: The ending of the American War had robbed him of the opportunity for naval glory in South America. After his return to England in April 1784, Phillip remained in close contact with Townshend, now Lord Sydney, and Home Office Under Secretary Evan Nepean . From October 1784 to September 1786, Nepean, who was in charge of the Secret Service relating to the Bourbon Powers, France, and Spain, employed him to spy on

3080-563: The exercise of their several occupations". The first meeting between the colonists and the Eora , Aboriginal people, happened in Botany Bay. When Phillip went ashore, gifts were exchanged, thus Phillip and the officers began their relationship with the Eora through gift-giving, hilarity, and dancing, but also by showing them what their guns could do. Anyone found harming or killing Aboriginal people without provocation would be severely punished. After

3157-478: The farming endeavours, he received the colony's first land grant. In June 1790, more convicts arrived with the Second Fleet , but HMS  Guardian , carrying more supplies, was disabled en route after hitting an iceberg, leaving the colony low on provisions again. Supply , the only ship left under colonial command after Sirius was wrecked 19 March 1790 trying to land men and supplies on Norfolk Island,

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3234-624: The first governor of the Colony of New South Wales . Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship Fortune . With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War against France, Phillip enlisted in the Royal Navy as captain's servant to Michael Everitt aboard HMS  Buckingham . With Everitt, Phillip also served on HMS  Union and HMS  Stirling Castle . Phillip

3311-540: The fleet anchored at Santa Cruz , Tenerife . On 10 June they set sail to cross the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro, taking advantage of favourable trade winds and ocean currents. The Fleet reached Rio de Janeiro on 5 August and stayed for a month to resupply. The Fleet left Rio de Janeiro on 4 September to run before the westerlies to Table Bay in Southern Africa, which it reached on 13 October; this

3388-634: The island to the French, and partly to establish an alternative food source for the mainland colony. When Phillip was appointed as governor-designate of the colony and began to plan the expedition, he requested that the convicts that were being sent be trained; only twelve carpenters and a few men who knew anything about agriculture were sent. Seamen with technical and building skills were commandeered immediately. The colony's isolation meant that it took almost two years for Phillip to receive replies to his dispatches from his superiors in London. Phillip established

3465-412: The late 1790s and brick barrel drains dated to circa 1811 and another to circa 1828. The remains of the drains and privies are shown in their original context, along with other archeological artifacts , in glass display cases built into the pavement of the forecourt. Arthur Phillip Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as

3542-471: The local indigenous peoples, in the belief that everyone in the colony was a British citizen and was protected by the law as such, therefore the indigenous peoples had the same rights as everyone under Phillip's command. Eventually, cultural differences between the two groups of people led to conflict. The arrival of more convicts with the Second and Third Fleets placed new pressures on scarce local resources. By

3619-579: The male convicts by the houses of chaplain Richard Johnson and the Judge Advocate , Marine Captain David Collins . On 7 February 1788, Phillip and his government were formally inaugurated. On 15 February 1788, Phillip sent Lieutenant Philip Gidley King with a party of 23, including 15 convicts, to establish the colony at Norfolk Island , partly in response to a perceived threat of losing

3696-457: The press at the time as a "mouthful" and commonly contracted to The Museum of Sydney. The change of name attracted protests. The public entrance to the museum is via First Government House Place in Bridge Street, Sydney. The outline of Phillip's residence, the first Government House, is marked out on the plaza with inlaid stone. Excavation of the site revealed examples of covered drains dated to

3773-595: The proposed colony in Australia. This decision was taken for two reasons: the ending of the option to transport criminals to North America following the American Revolution , and the need for a base in the Pacific to counter French expansion . In September 1786, Phillip was appointed commodore of the fleet, which came to be known as the First Fleet . His assignment was to transport convicts and soldiers to establish

3850-424: The punishments at this time were severe, with the death penalty (hanging) applied for fairly minor crimes. However, this ultimate sentence was often commuted to a lesser one, commonly for transportation (for 7 or 14 years, or for life) to the colonies. Thus, in the British context, the term "convict" has come to refer in particular to those criminals transported overseas. Initially many British convicts were sent to

3927-427: The rest of the Eora population. Phillip again ordered the boats to Manly Cove , where two more warriors were captured, Coleby and Bennelong ; Coleby soon escaped, but Bennelong remained. Bennelong and Phillip formed a kind of friendship, before he too escaped. Four months after Bennelong escaped from Sydney, Phillip was invited to a whale feast at Manly. Bennelong greeted him in a friendly and jovial way. Phillip

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4004-585: The ship by remission of their sentences. A garbled version of this recommendation eventually found its way into the English press in 1786, when Phillip was appointed to lead the expedition to Sydney. Phillip played a leading role in the capture of the Spanish ship San Agustín , on 19 April 1777, off Santa Catarina. The Portuguese Navy commissioned her as the Santo Agostinho , under Phillip's command. The action

4081-512: The ship returned to England on 27 July. On 16 October 1755, Phillip enlisted in the Royal Navy as captain's servant aboard the 68-gun HMS  Buckingham , commanded by his mother's cousin, Captain Michael Everitt. As a member of Buckingham ' s crew, Phillip served in home waters until April 1756 and then joined Admiral John Byng 's Mediterranean fleet. The Buckingham

4158-410: The site came from his perspective as, quoted by Tyrrell, "custodian of over a thousand convicts" for whom he was responsible. After some exploration, Phillip decided to go on to Port Jackson , and on 26 January, the marines and the convicts landed at a cove, which Phillip named for Lord Sydney . This date later became Australia's national day, Australia Day . Governor Phillip formally proclaimed

4235-504: The site was designed by Denton Corker Marshall architects. The museum was built as part of the Governor Phillip Tower development and is managed by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales . The Museum of Sydney explores colonial and contemporary Sydney through objects, pictures, and new digital media techniques. Panoramic views of Sydney— from 1788 until today— stretch across walls and video screens. Sydney's convict era

4312-569: The six colonies. Many were used on public works, but a significant number were "assigned" to private individuals as domestic servants, rural workers, etc. Transportation was progressively abolished from 1853, eventually ceasing altogether in 1868. In Australia, convicts have come to be key figures of cultural mythology and historiography . Many became prominent businesspeople and respected citizens, and some prominent families in present-day Australian society can trace their origins to convict ancestors who rose above their humble origins. However, during

4389-408: The tents of the male convicts and marines on the west. During this time, priority was given to building permanent storehouses for the settlement's provisions. On 29 January, the governor's portable house was placed, and livestock were landed the next day. The female convicts disembarked on 6 February; the general camp for the women was to the north of the governor's house and separated from

4466-462: The three fastest transports in the advance group arrived on 19 January; slower ships, including Sirius , arrived on 20 January. Phillip soon decided that the site, chosen on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, who had accompanied James Cook in 1770, was not suitable, since it had poor soil, no secure anchorage, and no reliable water source. Cook was an explorer and Banks had a scientific interest, whereas Phillip's differing assessment of

4543-427: The time Phillip sailed home in December 1792, the colony was taking shape, with official land grants, systematic farming, and a water supply in place. On 11 December 1792, Phillip left the colony to return to Britain to receive medical treatment for kidney stones. He had planned to return to Australia, but medical advisors recommended he resign from the governorship. His health recovered and he returned to active duty in

4620-505: The time for or before which a former convict may be employed. The particular use of the term "convict" in the English-speaking world was to describe the huge numbers of criminals, both male and female, who clogged British gaols in the 18th and early 19th century. Their crimes would today be regarded as petty misdemeanors (stealing small items or food), or are no longer in the criminal code ( such as being in unresolved debt ). Most of

4697-407: Was Rear-Admiral Temple West 's flagship at the Battle of Minorca on 20 May 1756. Phillip moved on 1 August 1757, with Everitt, to the 90-gun HMS  Union , which took part in the Raid on St Malo on 5–12 June 1758. Phillip, again with Captain Everitt, transferred on 28 December 1758 to the 64-gun HMS  Stirling Castle , which went to the West Indies to serve at

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4774-404: Was "unassuming, reasonable, business-like to the smallest degree in everything he undertakes". Phillip remained at the Greenwich Hospital School for two and a half years, longer than the average student stay of one year. At the end of 1753, he was granted a seven-year indenture as an apprentice aboard Fortune , a 210-ton whaling vessel commanded by merchant mariner William Readhead. Phillip left

4851-407: Was anxious in the interests of the community as a whole to avoid friction between the civil and military authorities. Though firm in his attitude, he endeavoured to placate Ross, but to little effect. In the end, he solved the problem by ordering Ross to Norfolk Island on 5 March 1790 to replace the commandant there. Beginning with guards arriving with the Second and Third fleets, but officially with

4928-481: Was apprehended. On 11 December 1792, when Phillip returned to Britain, Bennelong and another Aboriginal man named Yemmerrawanne (or Imeerawanyee) travelled with him on the Atlantic . Phillip's estranged wife, Charlott, died 3 August 1792 and was buried in St Beuno's Churchyard, Llanycil , Bala , Merionethshire . Phillip, a resident in Marylebone , married Isabella Whitehead of Bath in St Marylebone Church of England on 8 May 1794. His health recovered, he

5005-407: Was employed by Home Office Under Secretary Evan Nepean , to survey French defences in Europe. In 1786, Phillip was appointed by Lord Sydney as the commander of the First Fleet , a fleet of 11 ships whose crew were to establish a penal colony and a settlement at Botany Bay , New South Wales . On arriving at Botany Bay, Phillip found the site unsuitable and searched for a more habitable site for

5082-400: Was for a squadron of three ships of the line and a frigate to mount a raid on Buenos Aires and Monte Video , then to proceed to the coasts of Chile, Peru, and Mexico to maraud, and ultimately to cross the Pacific to join the British Navy's East India squadron for an attack on Manila. On 27 December 1782, Phillip, took charge of the 64-gun HMS  Europa . The expedition, consisting of

5159-421: Was no longer possible for the United Kingdom to send convicts to what had become the United States. The British Government then looked to the newly discovered east coast of Australia to use as a penal colony. Convicts were transported to Australia in 1787, arriving in Botany Bay, then Sydney Cove, in January 1788. From the very start of European settlement convicts were used as indentured labourers in five out of

5236-424: Was promoted to lieutenant on 7 June 1761, before being put on half-pay at the end of hostilities on 25 April 1763. Seconded to the Portuguese Navy in 1774, he served in the war against Spain . Returning to Royal Navy service in 1778, in 1782 Phillip, in command of HMS  Europa , was to capture Spanish colonies in South America, but an armistice was concluded before he reached his destination. In 1784, Phillip

5313-438: Was recalled to Royal Navy service and on 9 October was appointed first lieutenant of the 74-gun HMS  Alexander as part of the Channel fleet. Promoted to commander on 2 September 1779 and given command of the 8-gun fireship HMS Basilisk . With Spain's entry into the conflict, Phillip had a series of private meetings with the First Lord of the Admiralty , the Earl of Sandwich , sharing his charts and knowledge about

5390-410: Was recommissioned in March 1796 to the 74-gun HMS  Alexander as part of the Channel fleet. In October, his command was switched to the 74-gun HMS  Swiftsure . In September 1797, Phillip was transferred again to the 90-gun HMS  Blenheim , command of which he held until December of that year. During 1798–99, Phillip commanded the Hampshire Sea Fencibles , then appointed inspector of

5467-427: Was rejected by the Home Office. Most of the 772 convicts were petty thieves from the London slums. A contingent of marines and a handful of other officers who were to administer the colony accompanied Phillip. The fleet of 11 ships and about 1,500 people, under Phillip's command, sailed from Portsmouth , England, on 13 May 1787; HMS  Hyaena provided an escort out of British waters. On 3 June 1787,

5544-562: Was reported in the English press: Madrid, 28 Aug. Letters from Lisbon bring the following Account from Rio Janeiro: That the St. Augustine, of 70 Guns, having been separated from the Squadron of M. Casa Tilly, was attacked by two Portugueze Ships, against which they defended themselves for a Day and a Night, but being next Day surrounded by the Portugueze Fleet, was obliged to surrender. [Phillip]

5621-546: Was restored, as medical advice compelled him to resign formally on 23 July 1793. The main challenge for order and harmony in the settlement came not from the convicts secured there on terms of good behaviour, but from the attitude of officers from the New South Wales Marine Corps . As Commander in Chief, Phillip was in command of both the naval and marine forces; his naval officers readily obeyed his commands, but

5698-534: Was sent to Batavia for supplies. In late 1792, Phillip, whose health was suffering, relinquished the governorship to Major Francis Grose , lieutenant-governor and commander of New South Wales Corps . On 11 December 1792, Phillip left for Britain, on the Atlantic , which had arrived with convicts of the Third Fleet. Phillip was unable to follow his original intention of returning to Port Jackson once his health

5775-418: Was suddenly surrounded by warriors and speared in the shoulder by a man called Willemering . He ordered his men not to retaliate. Phillip, perhaps realising that the spearing was in retaliation for the kidnapping, ordered no actions to be taken over it. Friendly relations were reestablished afterwards, with Bennelong even returning to Sydney with his family. Even though there were now friendly relations with

5852-536: Was the last port of call before Botany Bay. On 25 November, Phillip transferred from the Sirius to the faster Supply , and with the faster ships of the fleet hastened ahead to prepare for the arrival of the rest of the fleet. However, this "flying squadron", as Frost called it, reached Botany Bay only hours before the rest of the Fleet, so no preparatory work was possible. Supply reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788;

5929-416: Was to be fixed. Phillip had a difficult time assembling the fleet, which was to make an eight-month sea voyage and then establish a colony. Everything a new colony might need had to be taken, since Phillip had no real idea of what he might find when he got there. There were few funds available for equipping the expedition. His suggestion that people with experience in farming, building, and crafts be included

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