The Governor of NSW, CAPT John Hunter, RN, appointed Thomas Moore Master Boat Builder of His Majesty’s Dockyard at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 July 1795
A new form of signalling called semaphore was introduced into the RN. The system was devised by the Reverend Lord George Murray. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 December 1791
Philip Parker King, (son of Governor Phillip Gidley King, RN), was born on Norfolk Island. He was the first Australian to reach flag rank in the RN. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 October 1789
The first boat built in the colony of NSW, the ROSEHILL PACKET, was launched in Sydney Cove. The boat builder was R. R. Read, the ship’s carpenter of HMS SIRIUS. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 February 1788
HMS SIRIUS landed a party on Garden Island, Sydney, to prepare a ship’s garden. Three sets of initials, ‘FM’, ‘IR’, and ‘WB’, were carved on a rock on the northern ...
Australian Naval History on 5 February 1788
Governor Arthur Phillip allocated Garden Island, Sydney, to HMS SIRIUS for use as a ship’s garden. ...