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The Borrowdale seal of Captain Hobson Reed, 1787
Today I found out I do actually have an ancestor on the First Fleet, but couldn’t find her until now because my dad claimed she was a man.
Thanks a bunch, dad.
Finally added the little details here and there, so the muscle fluff man is looking good so far. Missing the details for First Fleet flag he wears and that would be it for him.
Not quite what I had originally planned, but something is something. I’m having fun with the coloring too so that's a plus. I usually struggle with coloring as I don’t know how to approach my linework 99.99% of the time. (yikes!)
Hope ya dig! 😎
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January 26th is annually celebrated as ‘Australia Day’ by patriotic Australians and denounced as Invasion Day by many indigenous people and anti-colonial actvists. The date marks the anniversary of the landing of the First Fleet on the territory in 1788, a British fleet of naval vessels carrying missionaries soldiers and convicts.
On this date the commander of the Fleet Arthur Philip, declared that the entire continent was annexed into of the British empire. The date marks the begining of the long process of genocide against the Aboriginal people of the continent.
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On this day, 11th October 1738, Captain Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of NSW, was born.
Arthur Phillip was born in London on 11 October 1738. He joined the Royal Navy when he was fifteen, and earned a living as a navy officer and also as a farmer.
In October 1786, Phillip was appointed Governor-designate of the proposed British penal colony of New South Wales. He was a practical man who suggested that convicts with experience in farming, building and crafts be included in the First Fleet, but his proposal was rejected. The First Fleet left Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787, and arrived in 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. The fleet was subsequently moved to Port Jackson, on 26 January 1788. Phillip faced many obstacles in his attempts to establish the new colony. British farming methods, seeds and implements were unsuitable for use in the different climate and soil, and the colony faced near-starvation in its first two years. Phillip also worked to improve understanding with the local Aborigines. The colony finally succeeded in developing a solid foundation, agriculturally and economically, thanks to the perseverance of Captain Arthur Phillip. Poor health forced Phillip to return to England in 1792. He resigned his commission soon after arriving back in England, and died on 31 August 1814.
The State Library of New South Wales holds many items relating to Arthur Phillip including correspondence and pictorial material, as well as the First Fleet collection
[Captain Arthur Phillip, 1786] / painted by Francis Wheatley ML 124
Phillip is shown holding a plan of NSW dated 1787
The Borrowdale seal of Captain Hobson Reed, 1787
The Borrowdale was the youngest of the three storeships of the First Fleet, which consisted of 11 ships, the other two store ships being the Fishburn and the Golden Grove. The First Fleet set sail from Portsmouth, England on Sunday 13 May 1787, under the command of Commander-in-Chief Arthur Phillip, with a total of 1 787 people on board, embarking on an epic voyage of over 13 000 miles (24 000 km), establishing the nation of Australia. On the afternoon of Friday 18 January 1788, 252 days after leaving Portsmouth, the brig HMS Supply led the rest of the fleet to Botany Bay, which had been suggested by Captain James Cook as a suitable place to establish a settlement in Australia.
Having found Botany Bay unsuitable for settlement, Commander Phillip and Second Lieutenant Philip Gidley King decided on 21 January to use three longboats to explore Port Jackson, which had been discovered by Captain Cook in 1770 while sailing past. Needless to say, they found paradise. Philip, King and their crew arrived back at Botany Bay on the evening of 23 January and spent the next day packing their belongings and preparing for the voyage to Port Jackson, which began at dawn the next morning. On 25 January, a strong south-easterly wind delayed the departure and only HMS Supply managed to get through Botany Bay. Around 7pm she dropped anchor in Sydney Cove. The rest of the fleet anchored there on the afternoon of 26 January, bringing this epic voyage to a close.
A celebration was held in the evening, with most crew members agreeing that this was the most beautiful and safest harbour in the world.
