Sydney: first encounters
Jan 26, 2025•29 min
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Episode description
On 26 January 1788, the ships of the First Fleet started unloading the first of more than a thousand people – convicted criminals, officers, marines, women and children – who would set up camp in what became the city of Sydney.
What happened during the first days, weeks and months of contact between the British who arrived and the Aboriginal people who lived there?
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