Familypedi… Editing (section) New South Wales 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>1788 British settlement</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The European discovery of New South Wales was made by <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Captain%20James%20Cook%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22James%20Cook%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJames%20Cook%7CCaptain%20James%20Cook%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook" class="mw-redirect">Captain James Cook</a> during his voyage along the east coast of Australia in 1770. In the journal covering his survey of the eastern coast of the Australian continent, Cook first named the east coast of Australia "New Wales", which he later corrected in his journal to "New South Wales".<span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3ESee%20Captain%20W.J.L.%20Wharton%27s%20preface%20to%20his%201893%20transcription%20of%20Cook%27s%20journal.%20%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Febooks.adelaide.edu.au%5C%2Fc%5C%2Fcook%5C%2Fjames%5C%2Fc77j%5C%2Fpreface.html%20Available%20online%5D%20in%20the%20University%20of%20Adelaide%20Library%27s%20Electronic%20Texts%20Collection.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The first British settlement was made by what is known in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Australian%20history%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22History%20of%20Australia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHistory%20of%20Australia%7CAustralian%20history%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" class="new" title="History of Australia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSGlzdG9yeV9vZl9BdXN0cmFsaWE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Australian history</a> as the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22First%20Fleet%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22First%20Fleet%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFirst%20Fleet%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="/wiki/First_Fleet" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a>; this was led by Captain <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Arthur%20Phillip%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Arthur%20Phillip%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BArthur%20Phillip%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="/wiki/Arthur_Phillip" title="Arthur Phillip" class="mw-redirect">Arthur Phillip</a>, who assumed the role of governor of the settlement on arrival in 1788, until 1792.<span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" 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data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span><span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7BCite%20web%20%7Cfirst%3DB.%20H.%20%7Clast%3DFletcher%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.adb.online.anu.edu.au%5C%2Fbiogs%5C%2FA020292b.htm%20%7Ctitle%3DPhillip%2C%20Arthur%20%281738%5Cu20131814%29%20%7Cwork%3D%5B%5BAustralian%20Dictionary%20of%20Biography%5D%5D%20%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5BMelbourne%20University%20Press%5D%5D%20%7Cyear%3D1967%20%7Cpages%3D326%5Cu2013333%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-2 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> During this time New South Wales was an entirely <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22penal%20colony%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22penal%20colony%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpenal%20colony%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" class="new" title="Penal colony (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUGVuYWxfY29sb255P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">penal colony</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">After years of chaos, anarchy and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22overthrow%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rum%20Rebellion%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRum%20Rebellion%7Coverthrow%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" class="new" title="Rum Rebellion (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUnVtX1JlYmVsbGlvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">overthrow</a> of Governor <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22William%20Bligh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22William%20Bligh%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWilliam%20Bligh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="/wiki/William_Bligh" title="William Bligh" class="mw-redirect">William Bligh</a>, a new governor, Lieutenant-Colonel (later Major-General) <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Lachlan%20Macquarie%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Lachlan%20Macquarie%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLachlan%20Macquarie%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="/wiki/Lachlan_Macquarie" title="Lachlan Macquarie" class="mw-redirect">Lachlan Macquarie</a>, was sent from Britain to reform the settlement in 1809.<span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7BCite%20web%20%7Cfirst%3DN.%20D.%20%7Clast%3DMcLachlan%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.adb.online.anu.edu.au%5C%2Fbiogs%5C%2FA020162b.htm%20%7Ctitle%3DMacquarie%2C%20Lachlan%20%281762%5Cu20131824%29%20%7Cwork%3D%5B%5BAustralian%20Dictionary%20of%20Biography%5D%5D%20%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5BMelbourne%20University%20Press%5D%5D%20%7Cyear%3D1967%20%7Cpages%3D187%5Cu201395%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-3 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="40-13991854956008edcfda01e" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> During his time as governor, Macquarie commissioned the construction of roads, wharves, churches and public buildings, sent explorers out from Sydney and employed a planner to design the street layout of Sydney. 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