The British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a>, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Phillip" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arthur Phillip">Arthur Phillip</a>, sails into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Jackson" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Port Jackson">Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)</a> to establish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Australia Day">Australia Day</a>.<sup about="#mwt61" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_26#cite_note-8" id="mwTA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwTQ">[8]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt58" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB_4"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160528212130/http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm" id="mwB_8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"What does Australia Day mean?"</a>. <i id="mwCAA"><a href="./Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" id="mwCAE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a></i>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/australiaday/about_australiaday.htm" id="mwCAI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 28 May 2016.</cite><span about="#mwt58" class="Z3988" id="mwCAM" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Australian+Broadcasting+Corporation&amp;rft.atitle=What+does+Australia+Day+mean%3F&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Faustraliaday%2Fabout_australiaday.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+26"></span></span>