The drawings in the First Fleet collection reflect Australia's flora, fauna and geography and provide a significant record of the Aboriginal people and an insight into their way of life. In the late ...

While Captain Cook's Endeavour, landing in Australia in 1770, carried scientists and scientific illustrators, the main aim of the First Fleet was to establish a naval base to secure Australia for the ...

Early in the book she states, “I have been able to conclusively identify at least ten people of African descent” who were convicts on the First Fleet, based on their archival description.