Eleven Sails in Botany Bay: The First Fleet Reaches Australia
On January 18, 1788, the lead ship of Britain's First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay, beginning the European settlement of Australia — and the dispossession of its first peoples.
On January 18, 1788, the lead ship of Britain's First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay, beginning the European settlement of Australia — and the dispossession of its first peoples.