All 11 ships arrived within two days of each other.
There was hardly any loss of life.
The 16,000 mile (25,750km) voyage, made at the speed of a man walking, eventually settled in what Captain Arthur Phillip called Sydney Cove, very close to what is now Circular Quay.
So ended one of the great nautical achievements of the modern world.
Detractors
So many books have been written about the First Fleet, its arrival at Sydney Cove and what followed in the next few years, it’s difficult to discern between fact and fiction.
Charles Wilson, in
Australia: The Creation of a Nation, rails against the ‘inefficiency, carelessness and idleness of the masters and servants of the ministries which all had a finger in the pie called the First Fleet.’
These podcasts will help you start 2021 in a good way
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2020, the year we d all like to forget, is now past tense. If you re keen to kick off 2021 with some new podcasts, look no further.
We asked some of the ABC s presenters and producers what they have cued on their podcast apps.
From unexpected pop song explainers to slow news and a comedy mystery with a twist, this list has it all.
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The Best Podcasts Of 2020 For Your Listening Pleasure
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Podcasts really had another moment during 2020 I don’t wanna make a huge call, but I think these bad-boys are here to stay!
During a year where TV and film became insanely hard to produce podcasts thrived like some kind of bacterial, yeast-based infection, in a warm and wet environment. All you need is a bunch of arcane equipment, two chuckling friends, a semi-famous guest, and a can-do attitude wallah, you’ve got a podcast! The medium doesn’t even need to be recorded in the same room so it’s completely COVID safe.