This key historical event is marked annually in Australia by a public holiday and Australia Day celebrations.
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Here, on 26 January 1788, Phillip officially founded the Colony of New South Wales, on the site of the future City of Sydney.
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The ships of the First Fleet subsequently moved up the New South Wales coastline, under the direction of Captain Arthur Phillip, soon finding refuge in a splendid harbour which would become known as Port Jackson.
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Sirius subsequently acted as a re-supply vessel and communications link between New South Wales, the Pacific Ocean colony of Norfolk Island, and England.
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