These histories have examined Aboriginal resistance. Henry Reynolds' transformative work The Other Side of the Frontier: ...

Arthur Phillip, reproduced in Historical records of New South Wales: Vol. 1 Part 2 (1783-1792), 'Phillip’s Views on the Conduct of the Expedition and the Treatment of Convicts', February 1787 ...

Is Kate the Princess of NEW SOUTH WALES? One of her ancestors was aboard the first Royal Navy fleet which landed to build a penal colony, writes CLAUDIA JOSEPH. By CLAUDIA JOSEPH .

On January 26, 1788, a ship landed in the newly established British colony of New South Wales, and 751 convicts and their families disembarked in a harbor in what would become the city of Sydney.

Little remains at Sheet Of Bark, but this colonial-era horse stopover played an important role in the European settlement of central-western New South Wales. The Sheet Of Bark Hotel was a horse ...

We Are What We Steal Early efforts to police the colony. Australia’s first civilian police force, the Night Watch, was formed by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1789.This unit was made up of the 12 ...