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Admiral Arthur Phillip RN Memorials and Legacy

Admiral Arthur Phillip Royal Navy Memorials and Legacy 1738 to 1814. Celebrating the life of Admiral Arthur Phillip Royal Navy, founder of New South Wales and the first Governor...


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Arthur Phillip Esq

Arthur Phillip Esq., Captain General & Commander in Chief in and over the Territory of New South Wales, engraving by W. Sherwin from an original picture painted by F. Wheatl...


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Arthur Phillip

Arthur Phillip by Francis Wheatley (1747-1801), oil on canvas, 1786. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, NPG 1462. Captain Arthur Phillip’s arrival in Botany Bay comprise...


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'Admiral Arthur Phillip RN, Founder & First Governor of Australia: A British View'

London Papers in Australian Studies No. 17 'Admiral Arthur Phillip RN, Founder & First Governor of Australia: A British View', Sir Roger Carrick. Menzies Centre for Australi...


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Botany Bay New South Wales watercolour

Botany Bay New South Wales watercolour by Charles Gore circa 1789. Acknowledgement State Library New South Wales


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The Founding of Australia

The Founding of Australia. By Captain Arthur Phillip R.N. Sydney Cove, 26th January 1788, Algernon Talmadge R.A, 1937. Courtesy State Library of New South Wales.


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The Fatal Shore

The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes.


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First Fleet journey from Portsmouth to Botany Bay

The First Fleet departed Portsmouth on Sunday 13 May. All the ships reached Botany Bay by Sunday 20 January 1788. With the discovery of Sydney Cove as the preferred site for t...


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Headstones of Ellen Guy nee Wainwright and John Guy

Headstones of Ellen Guy nee Wainwright and John Guy Back Creek Cemetery Magra Tasmania. First and second Fleet Convicts respectively Ellen Wainwright aka Esther Eccles and John ...


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John Guy (Gay) (Conviction)

Conviction of John Gay (Guy) Gloustershire Life Sentence.


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Mary Lascelles

Extract from 'Her blood in our veins : the story of Ellen Wainwright (nee Esther Eccles)' by Irene Donald.to coincide with the Bicentennial Year allegedly written by Mary Lascel...


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Ellen Wainwright (Conviction & Transportation)

Record of conviction and subsequent transportation.


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Ellen Wainwright (Conviction)

Record of Conviction of Ellen Wainwright for stealing. Lancaster Preston.


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David Bush (Convict & Transport Register)

Convict list detailing transportation of David Bush arriving October 1812 on board the Indefatigable.


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Thomas Bilston (Convict Record City of Birmingham Library)

Confirmation of the convict background of Thomas Bilston from the City of Birmingham library.


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Prince of Wales First Fleet

Prince of Wales First Fleet extract First Fleet Fellowship Victoria Inc. copyright acknowledged.


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Thomas Bilston (Death Certificate)

Victoria Death Certificate Birth Deaths & Marriages No.910 1899


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Thomas Bilston (Convict Record Ticket of Leave)

Pardon & Ticket of Leave of convict Thomas Bilston.


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Ellen Guy nee Wainwright (Death Certificate).

Tasmania Death Certificate Births Deaths & Marriages No. 478 1839


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Thomas Bilston (Convict Record)

Convict and Transportation Register Warwick. Record of trial and conviction. Departed England 29 July 1823 aboard Asia for Van Dieman's Land.