HMS Sirius: Shipwrecked or not Shipwrecked? That is the question Presentation at the FFF Botany Bay Chapter, Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 at 10.30am Club Grandviews, 825 Forest Road, Peakhurst NSW.
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Paradise on Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807 provides a detailed timeline of the diverse historical records relating to
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Some of the First and Second Fleeters buried at St David’s Cemetery Hobart
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HMAT Supply, was a Royal Navy vessel which arrived, as vanguard of the First Fleet, at Botany Bay on 18 Jan 1788.
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Misattributed Marine arrivals on HMS Sirius Jan 1788 to NSW and the distinction between Garrison Marines and Ship Marines
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The Kangaroo departed Norfolk Island on 27 February 1814, marking the end of the island’s colonial settlement. Among the last group to leave were three First Fleeters.
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Not all the assigned crew members and ship’s marines were aboard HMS Sirius for the Mar 1790 voyage to Norfolk
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On 7 August 1790 the Surprize and Justinian arrived at Norfolk Island at Cascade. Provision and stores from both ships were unloaded from 9
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HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children expands on previous research about HMS Sirius, focusing on children born on the ship,
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One may ask why after publishing many historical books on Norfolk Island’s Colonial Settlement 1788 – 1814, that we are
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