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Arthur was born in 1738 in Britain, he was a Naval Officer.
Captain Arthur Phillip
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Phillip commanded the “Sirius”,
the flagship of the First Fleet:
The eleven ships that carried the first European settlers from Portsmouth - England, to New South Wales - Australia.
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The First Fleet was commissioned by Thomas Townsend.
It carried 564 male and 192 female convicts, 450 crew members, 28 wives, and 30 children.
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They sailed via Rio de Janeiro to the Cape of Good Hope, and by Tasmania.
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The Fleet anchored at Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia; and declared Australia a colony of Britain.
Port Jackson
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Phillip was the Governor of New South Wales until 1792, when ill health forced him to returned to England.