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See also: other events of 1788, 1789 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Leaders
- Governor of New South Wales - Captain Arthur Phillip
- Governor of Norfolk Island - Philip Gidley King
- Commanding officer of the colony's marine presence - Major Robert Ross
Events
- January 26 - The First Fleet lands in Port Jackson, Australia from Portsmouth, England, and establishes the English penal colony of New South Wales - the first European settlement in Australia.
- February 7 - The colony of New South Wales is formally proclaimed. Phillip is sworn in as Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief.
- March 6 - Philip Gidley King is sent from the Port Jackson colony to settle Norfolk Island with a party of fifteen convicts and seven men.
- April 15 - Phillip explores northwards to Manly, and sights the Blue Mountains.
- May 29 - Two convicts are killed by Aboriginals at Rushcutter's Bay
- October - Due to poor conditions, scurvy breaks out. Phillip orders strict rationing and sends H.M.S. Sirius to Cape Town for supplies.
- November - A second settlement is established at Rose Hill, which will later become Parramatta.
Births
The first white child in Australia is born on the 26th of January to marine Sergeant Thomas Whittle and his wife.
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