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State Library of New South Wales
Captain Arthur Phillip, 1786

Captain Arthur Phillip, 1786

Oil on board

ML 124

Arthur Phillip (1738-1814) received his Commission as Governor of the convict settlement at New South Wales in October 1786. On arrival in New South Wales, he rejected Botany Bay as the site for the colony and settled instead at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788. 


Francis Wheatley (1747-1801), a member of the Royal Academy, was one of the leading artists of the late 18th century and a sought after portraitist.