Location
In Old Portsmouth, on the walkway by the sea wall at the junction of Broad Street and High Street near the Square Tower.
Memorial
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Inscription
BIRTH OF AUSTRALIA
THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE FIRST FLEETERS - 1787-1987
UNVEILED BY
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
13TH MAY 1987
On the 13th May 1787, a fleet of eleven ships under the
command of Captain Arthur Phillip R.N.
set sail from Portsmouth's naval anchorage at Spithead.
On board were the first of those sentenced to
transportation to the recently charted coast of
New South Wales
Captain Phillip was commissioned to establish a penal colony
and to assume the role of Governor
The First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove on
26th January 1788
- the birth of modern Australia.
THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE FIRST FLEETERS - 1787-1987
UNVEILED BY
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
13TH MAY 1987
On the 13th May 1787, a fleet of eleven ships under the
command of Captain Arthur Phillip R.N.
set sail from Portsmouth's naval anchorage at Spithead.
On board were the first of those sentenced to
transportation to the recently charted coast of
New South Wales
Captain Phillip was commissioned to establish a penal colony
and to assume the role of Governor
The First Fleet arrived at Sydney Cove on
26th January 1788
- the birth of modern Australia.
See Also
The model of the original ship H.M.S. Sirius at Gunwharf, the First Fleet Re-enactment Plaque and the Australian Settlers Memorial.
