1788 in Australia

1788 in Australia

"See also:"
other events of 1788,
1789 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Leaders

*Governor of New South Wales - Captain Arthur Phillip
*Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
*Commanding officer of the colony's marine presence - Major Robert Ross

Events

* January 18 - HMS "Supply" of the First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay.
* January 26 - The First Fleet lands in Port Jackson, Australia from Portsmouth, England, and establishes the English penal colony of New South Wales - the first European settlement in Australia.
* February 6 - The first female convicts arrive at Port Jackson.
* February 7 - The colony of New South Wales is formally proclaimed. Phillip is sworn in as Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief.
* February 17 - Lord Howe Island is discovered by HMS "Supply".
* February 27 - A seventeen year old convict, Thomas Barrett, receives the first death sentence in the colony.
* March 6 - Philip Gidley King is sent from the Port Jackson colony to settle Norfolk Island with a party of fifteen convicts and seven men.
* April 15 - Phillip King explores northwards to Manly, and sights the Blue Mountains.
* April 23 - A settlement is established at Parramatta, west of Sydney.
* May 29 - Two convicts are killed by Aboriginals at Rushcutters Bay; Phillip leads a punitive attack on the Aborigines on the 31st
*June 5 - All the settlements cattle brought from Cape Town escape; they are not recaptured until November 1795
*July 21 - First sitting of the Court of Civil Jurisdiction
*September - Sydney's first road, from the Governor's House to Dawes Point, is completed
* October - Due to poor conditions, scurvy breaks out. Phillip orders strict rationing and sends HMS "Sirius" to Cape Town for supplies.
* November 2 - A second settlement is established at Rose Hill, which will later become Parramatta.

Births

*January 26 - The first white child in Australia is born to marine Sergeant Thomas Whittle and his wife.

References

*cite book
last = Barker
first = Anthony
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =What Happened When
publisher = Allen & Unwin
date = 1996
location = St Leonards
isbn = 1-86373-986
*cite web
last =National Library of Australia
title = The World Upside Down: Australia 1788 - 1830
url =http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/upsidedown/index.html


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