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Port Jackson Harbour, by John Eyre and engraved by Walter Preston, 1812

In January of 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet, began to establish a convict settlement at Port Jackson. Aboriginal people around Port Jackson were the first to experience the effects of British rule on the Australian continent.

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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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