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THE HIST OR Y OF A USTR ALIA  55

First Fleet Ship
This painting by Francis Holman (c.1787) shows
three views of the Borrowdale, one of the fleet’s
three commercial store ships.

Scrimshaw
Engraving bone or
shell was a skilful
way to pass time
Buildings looked during long months
impressive but Convict housing spent at sea.
were poorly built.

Governor Phillip’s House, Sydney
This grand colonial mansion, flanked by
landscaped gardens, was home to Australia’s
first government.
Barracks housing
NSW Rum Corps

Prison Hulks
Old ships, unfit for naval service, were
used as floating prisons to house
convicts until the mid-19th century.

1768 Captain James Cook 1775 British over- 1788 Aborigine Bennelong is
sets out from England crowding of jails Aborigine captured and held for five
for Tahiti on his ship, and prison hulks Bennelong months, then taken to England
the Endeavour to meet King George III
1770 1780 1790
1797 John Macarthur
1770 Cook discovers 1779 Botanist Joseph introduces merino
the east coast of Banks recommends sheep from the Cape
Australia and takes Botany Bay for of Good Hope
possession for Britain penal settlement Merino (see p131)
sheep