Landing of the First Fleet

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colonial landing historical event maritime expedition

The Landing of the First Fleet was the 1788 arrival of Britain’s initial convict and settler ships in Australia, marking the beginning of European colonization at Sydney Cove.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
First Fleet 19
First Fleet to Australia 3
First Fleet colonists 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial landing ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
maritime expedition ⓘ
carried Royal Marines ⓘ
civil officers ⓘ
convicts ⓘ
free settlers ⓘ
chronology occurred after American Revolutionary War ⓘ
commandedBy Arthur Phillip ⓘ
commemoratedBy Australia Day ⓘ
commemoratedOn January 26 ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
departureCountry Great Britain ⓘ
departureDate 1787-05-13 ⓘ
departureLocation Portsmouth ⓘ
endTime 1788-01-26 ⓘ
flagship HMS Sirius ⓘ
fleetCommander Arthur Phillip ⓘ
governingDocument commission of Arthur Phillip as Governor of New South Wales ⓘ
hasPart Alexander (ship) ⓘ
Borrowdale (ship) ⓘ
Charlotte (ship) ⓘ
Fishburn (ship) ⓘ
Friendship of Salem (replica East Indiaman) ⓘ
surface form: Friendship (ship)

Golden Grove (ship) ⓘ
HMS Sirius ⓘ
HMS Supply ⓘ
Lady Penrhyn (ship) ⓘ
Prince of Wales (ship) ⓘ
Scarborough (ship) ⓘ
arrival of convict transports ⓘ
establishment of a penal colony at Sydney Cove ⓘ
initial contact with Aboriginal peoples of the Sydney region ⓘ
raising of the British flag at Sydney Cove ⓘ
location Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Port Jackson

Sydney Cove ⓘ
numberOfShips 11 ⓘ
partOf British colonisation of Australia ⓘ
purpose assert British sovereignty over eastern Australia ⓘ
establish a British penal colony in New South Wales ⓘ
transport convicts to Australia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
surface form: Eora people

Gadigal people ⓘ
result beginning of permanent European settlement at Sydney Cove ⓘ
foundation of the colony of New South Wales ⓘ
start of large-scale dispossession of Aboriginal peoples in the Sydney region ⓘ
significance marked the beginning of British colonisation of Australia ⓘ
marked the beginning of European colonisation at Sydney Cove ⓘ
significantDate 1788-01-26 ⓘ
startTime 1788-01-18 ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sydney Cove → significantEvent → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
Foundation Day → relatedEvent → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Foundation Day → relatedConcept → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet to Australia
Arthur Phillip → commanded → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Tank Stream → usedBy → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet settlers
Tank Stream → associatedWith → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Proclamation of the Colony of New South Wales → relatedTo → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Darug people → encounteredBy → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet colonists
European Australians → historicalMigrationWave → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet 1788
Botany Bay → associatedWith → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Phillip → partOfExpedition → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Phillip
this entity surface form: First Fleet
British colonisation of Australia → significantEvent → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: arrival of the First Fleet
Alexander (ship) → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Charlotte (ship) → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Charlotte (ship) → partOfEvent → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: voyage of the First Fleet
Lady Penrhyn (ship) → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady Penrhyn
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Prince of Wales (ship) → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Prince of Wales (ship) → participatedIn → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: voyage of the First Fleet to Australia
Prince of Wales (ship) → convoy → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet convoy
Scarborough (ship) → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Borrowdale (ship) → voyage → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Borrowdale
this entity surface form: First Fleet voyage to Australia
Fishburn (ship) → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Golden Grove (ship) → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden Grove
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Royal Commission to Arthur Phillip → relatedTo → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Letters Patent of 1787 → relatedTo → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Isabella Whitehead → spouseOfLeaderOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet to Australia
Isabella Whitehead → leaderOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Phillip
this entity surface form: First Fleet to Australia
Governor Arthur Phillip → founded → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Phillip
this entity surface form: European settlement at Sydney Cove
Governor Arthur Phillip → commanded → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Phillip
this entity surface form: First Fleet
HMS Supply → fleet → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
HMS Sirius → flagshipOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
HMS Sirius → partOf → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet
Dharuk people → encounteredBy → Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Fleet colonists