E9: The First Australia Day

The British have arrived in Botany Bay but Arthur Phillip quickly decides to relocate to Sydney Harbour.  Just as he is leaving Botany Bay however two large mysterious ships turn up.  Phillip is alarmed that these ships may try and claim the world’s greatest natural harbour … but it is the British who secure Sydney Cove on the first Australia Day – 26 January 1788.

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