Event    From 26/1/1788  To 26/1/1788

First settlement in Australia

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Australia

Event

Established at Sydney by Admiral Arthur Phillip.

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First settlement in Australia

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Admiral Arthur Phillip

{On the west side, beneath the relief depicting a scene with 5 people on a sh...

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James Rioden

James Rioden

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Edward Maria Wingfield

Edward Maria Wingfield

Colonist. Born in Stonely Priory, near Kimbolton. His second Christian name, derived from the fact that his father was a godson of Henry VII's daughter Mary, and it survived in the family for sever...

Person, Exploring, USA

1 memorial
William Orren

William Orren

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Edgar Evans

Edgar Evans

Born Wales. Met Scott when both were serving in the Royal Navy. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Injured on the way to the pole he was the first to ...

Person, Exploring, Arctic & Antarctic, Wales

2 memorials
John Lane

John Lane

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial

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Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

The first bridge at this site was built by John Rennie and named following British victory at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. The 1831 demolition of the old medieval London Bridge caused changes in t...

Building, Transport

4 memorials
Geoffrey Fuller Webb

Geoffrey Fuller Webb

Known professionally as Geoffrey Webb he was a stained-glass artist and designer of church furnishings, based for most of his career in East Grinstead. Nephew of the architect Sir Aston Webb and a ...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Liveries & Guilds

7 memorials
Bertrand Russell bust

Bertrand Russell bust

WC1, Red Lion Square, Garden

Bust was made in 1980, the same year that Camden gave permission for it to be placed in the square and an appeal for funds was launched.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1

Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1

EC3, Trinity Square Gardens

George V should have been on duty to unveil this but he was seriously ill so Queen Mary took over, the first time she had played such a r...

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