The other was a tall, well-built convict known as Black Caesar, one of the 12 prisoners of African origin who had arrived on ...

the main aim of the First Fleet was to establish a naval base to secure Australia for the British crown, using convict labour. As such, the First Fleet artists were not trained in scientific drawing ...

11 ships set sail from England for Australia. They were carrying 1,500 people, including a large number of convicts and guards. When the fleet landed in 1788 the Englishmen established a penal colony ...

January 26 was made the national 'Australia Day' public holiday in 1994. It was on this same date in 1788, that the First Fleet established a convict settlement at Sydney Cove, marking the ...

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley has compared the arrival of the First Fleet ... built by convict labour was a success. "Today as we stand here in a peaceful, prosperous and free Australia how ...