The First Fleet landed at Sydney Cove on the 26th of January, 1788.
The settlement at Sydney Cove was established with the arrival of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788.
The First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
Goats were originally brought to Australia on the First Fleet, which landed at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
1788
On 26 January 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack to claim "New South Wales" as belonging to England. It was a military colony with convict labour and free settlers to produce food. The First Fleet actually arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. Phillip immediately determined that there was insufficient fresh water, an absence of usable timber, poor quality soil and no safe harbour at Botany Bay. Thus the fleet was moved to Port Jackson, where Sydney now stands, arriving on 26 January 1788.
The first official settlers or "immigrants" to Australia arrive in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
The First Fleet left Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787,and arrived in Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, later moving to Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
The first settlers arrived on 26 January 1788 at Sydney Cove. This is not only the date of the first settlement in Sydney, but also of the first white settlement anywhere in Australia. This is why Australians celebrate Australia Day on January 26.
About 732 convicts are catholic.
The first convict colony in Australia, established by the people of the First Fleet in 1788, was Sydney Cove, at Port Jackson. The settlement was given the name of Sydney Town, which was later shortened to just Sydney.
The First Fleet departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787 and initially arrived in Australia on 18 January 1788, moving to Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.