First Fleet
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Scientists now estimate that approximately 2.22 million Indigenous people lived across the continent before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, potentially up to seven times the number suggested by some earlier calculations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Many Indigenous people refer to Australia Day, which recognizes the founding of Australia in Sydney Cove by Britain’s First Fleet on Jan. 26, 1788, as Invasion Day.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
The annual holiday on 26 January is controversial because it commemorates the arrival of Britain's First Fleet in 1788.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022
Coal mining in the Hunter Valley began with convicts, just a few years after the First Fleet landed in 1788.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
The Republic's First Fleet blew up the customary deserted target hulk, fulminated over a sneak sabotage attack and moved in its destroyers.
From The Adventurer by C. M. (Cyril M.) Kornbluth
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