Open AccessArthur Phillip: Commodore of the Fleet
Author(s) -
Gary Sturgess
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sydney journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1835-0151
DOI - 10.5130/sj.v5i1.5731
Subject(s) - globe , settlement (finance) , history , operations research , duration (music) , aeronautics , engineering , geography , archaeology , art , business , psychology , finance , literature , neuroscience , payment
The transportation of convicts to New South Wales in the early years of settlement was a great deal more challenging than has generally been recognised. Arthur Phillip's success in bringing a convoy of eleven ships, including six transports carrying more than 750 convicts, on a voyage of eight months duration across the globe means we need to rethink his contribution to fitting out and managing Australia's First Fleet.