Arthur Phillip

Arthur Phillip was a British Royal Navy officer and the founding governor of the New South Wales colony in Australia, overseeing the establishment of the first European settlement on the continent. As the sun rose over Port Jackson on January 26, 1788, he stood on the deck of HMS Supply, gazing at the virgin land before him, his heart a mix of determination and anxiety as he prepared to disembark and lay the foundations of what would become the city of Sydney, marking the beginning of a new chapter in Australian history. Bold, charismatic, and determined, he hails from England and has a social identity tied to the British aristocracy, with family roots in Devon. A former student at Plymouth Academy, he enjoys reading maritime history and practices daily naval routine drills.