Original drawing by R. Cleveley, engraving by T. Medland.
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English: Engraving depicting First Fleet arriving at Botany Bay in January 1788, with Indigenous Australians in canoes witnessing the arrival. Bare Island is in the background.
From The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay : with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island by Arthur Phillip. Original drawing by R. Cleveley, engraving by T. Medland.
An engraving of the First Fleet in Botany Bay at voyage's end in 1788, from The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay.[40] Sirius is in the foreground; convict transports such as Prince of Wales are depicted to the left.
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