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First Fleet plaque

Plaque · On the wall near the Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, Devon

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On the wall near the Mayflower Steps

At The Barbican

On the wall near the Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, Devon
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Inscription

FROM PLYMOUTH ON 13TH MARCH 1787 SAILED THE TRANSPORT SHIPS 'FRIENDSHIP' AND 'CHARLOTTE' CARRYING MEN AND WOMEN CONVICTS BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA. ON 26TH JANUARY 1788, WITH NINE OTHER SHIPS FROM ENGLAND THEY LANDED AT PORT JACKSON, WHICH BECAME SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. THERE THEY ESTABLISHED THE FIRST BRITISH COLONY UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP, R.N. THE FATHER OF MODERN AUSTRALIA.

The name (1)

Every name, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.

  1. Captain Arthur Phillip

    CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP, R.N.

    Royal Navy; the father of modern Australia

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    First Fleet plaque (On the wall near the Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP, R.N."; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/20050/ : accessed 4 November 2026).

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About this memorial

In memory of
Arthur Phillip

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