Sydney Cove (Eora: Warrane [1]) is a bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, one of several harbours in Port Jackson, on the coast of Sydney, New South Wales. Sydney Cove is a focal point for community celebrations, due to its central Sydney location between the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge .

The arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in January of 1788 marked the beginning of the European colonisation of Australia. The fleet was made up of 11 ships carrying convicts from Britain to Australia.

Jan 26, 2021 · The landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove is a defining moment in Australia’s history, marking the collision of two vastly different cultures and the start of a new chapter for the continent.

Jan 23, 2025 · 26 January 1788: A convict settlement is establish at Sydney Cove. Captain Arthur Phillip RN was commander of the First Fleet of 11 ships that sailed into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in January 1788. Work on the site he chose for a convict settlement at nearby Sydney Cove, in Port Jackson, began ...

Oct 30, 2024 · Transportation to the Australian colonies began in 1788 when the First Fleet, carrying between 750 and 780 convicts along with 550 crew members, soldiers, and families, arrived at Sydney Cove after an eight-month journey.

Jan 25, 2021 · When Did the First Fleet Arrive in Australia? On 26 January 1788 a settlement was founded in Sydney Cove. It subsequently became the capital of the British colony of New South Wales.

Site of the historical landing place of the First Fleet in 1788 and the birthplace of the country of Australia, this small cove has been an integral part of Sydney’s history ever since. From the beginning, the Rocks restored historical district had been …

Jan 23, 2025 · Phillip immediately decided to move the whole fleet to Port Jackson and to establish the first settlement on a cove, which had a good freshwater stream and in which his ships could anchor close to the shore in deep water. He called it …

Location: Circular Quay, Sydney. The Aboriginal name for Sydney Cove as recorded in a number of First Fleet journals, maps and vocabularies, was Warrane, also spelt as War-ran, Warrang and Wee-rong.

Small bay on the southern shore of Port Jackson, which became the site for the European settlement in Sydney.