On Jan. 26, 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed at the spot where the city of Sydney now stands. In 1837 Michigan became the 26th state.

This needs to be kept in mind when considering the foundational relationship in the development of the Australian nation – that between Captain Arthur Phillip of the British Royal Navy – who ...

The Royal Navy's Captain Arthur Phillip had been empowered under British law by King George III to establish a penal colony in NSW. Whether the country was 'invaded' or 'settled' ...

But what really happened on January 26, 1788? The Royal Navy's Captain Arthur Phillip had been empowered under British law by King George III to establish a penal colony in NSW.

Captain Arthur Phillip had safely led 1420 souls aboard a fleet of 11 ships 17,000 nautical miles across deadly seas in the most ­extraordinary and treacherous flotilla voyage in history.

Captain Arthur Phillip (1738 - 1814) of the Royal Navy raises the flag to declare British possession of New South Wales at Sydney Cove, Australia, Jan. 26, 1788. Hulton Archive / Getty Images.

There, he could tend the wounded and make repairs. By happenstance, he arrived just five days after Captain Arthur Phillip and his convoy of convicts. For 30 years Phillip had fought England’s ...

Admiral Arthur Phillip, the naval commander sent across the world to set up the colony that became Australia, has been recognised in a permanent memorial in the nave of Westminster Abbey.

Two hundred years after his death, one of Australia's founding fathers is being remembered in the Hampshire village where he farmed before his epic journey to the Antipodes.

A PORTABLE toilet on the spot where Captain Arthur Phillip first stepped ashore has been moved but there’s still no permanent memorial to him. For more than three years the loos at The Rocks ...

A PORTABLE toilet on the spot where Captain Arthur Phillip first stepped ashore has been moved but there’s still no permanent memorial to him. Jim O’Rourke. less than 2 min read.