H.M. Brig ‘Supply’ – the first ship to enter Sydney Harbour. It carried Governor Phillip, who on January 26, 1788 sailed into Sydney Cove and planted a British flag.
The painting is from the collection of Howard Hinton Esq.
From a souvenir supplement to the Sydney Daily Telegraph dated February 9, 1938 which celebrates 150 years of European settlement in Australia from the landing of the First Fleet in 1788.
Posted by Aussie~mobs on 2014-04-05 10:56:38
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