1. You should know that. The First Fleet didn t actually arrive on the 26 January
The First Fleet, the group of ships which left England to create a penal colony abroad, actually arrived in Botany Bay somewhere between the 18th and 20th of January 1788.
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After landing, settlers wanted to relocate in the hope of finding a more suitable area to construct their colony. They travelled to Sydney Cove on 25 January and the next morning, on the 26th, Sir Arthur Phillip and a small entourage of marines and officers claimed the land in the name of King George III.
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The year 2001 saw the rise of the iPod and the fall of the World Trade Centre â two events that shaped the world in very different ways.
Twenty years on, the ripples of both of those events are still felt. The former helped change the way we listen to music, paving the way for the nowâubiquitous streaming platforms and the sounding of the death knell on CD sales.