First Fleet Records

New on the Manly Local Studies website are the first two monographs from the series of First Fleet Records compiled by local historians George and Shelagh Champion. Mr and Mrs Champion have given us permission to reproduce their research on the website for the benefit of other historians, and we hope to add further monographs from the series in the course of 2006. These records cover Arthur Phillip's first three days exploring in Port Jackson in january 1788, and Hunter and Bradley's survey of the lower part of the Harbour.You can download the articles from the Manly Council website at http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/page.asp?z=2&c=64&p=697