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1788: Captain Arthur Phillip establishes a convict settlement at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was the commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788. Three days later he chose a site at nearby Sydney Cove, in Port Jackson, and on 26 January began to establish a convict settlement.
Object Description. The Draught Instructions for Governor Phillip is the first official communication concerning the occupation and settlement of Australia. It empowers Captain Arthur Phillip to establish the first British Colony in Australia and to make grants of land and issue regulations for the Colony.he Draught Instructions for Governor Phillip is historically significant as it defines the new land of NSW, and formalises Britainâs claim over land that Aboriginal peoples had lived in for over 40,000 years. It also establishes the system of government and political culture of the Colony.