maietime

Introduction and Contents so…this is ‘ome (Photo: descendant A. Maie) At the time the rest of the Fleet was struggling out of Botany Bay/ Kamay , Phillip was already at work at Port Jackson clearing the ground for ‘encamping the officer’s guard and the convicts who had been landed in the morning’.   Finally, on 26 th January, 1788 the Prince of Wales ‘Came to an Ankor at. 1/2 p, 6 OClock in Port Jackson Close to the New town Which Was Crisned this Day’.   As the ships arrived they scattered through the bay anchored, and were secured by ropes tied to the trees on shore. Sydney Cove 1788 (drawing A. Maie) That evening the officers assembled at the point where they had first landed in the morning, and on which a flag-staff had been purposely erected and an union jack displayed, when the marines fired several vollies;   between which the governor and the officers who accompanied him drank the healths of his Maje

Introduction and Contents ’is this it then?...an’ ‘oo are them wi’ spears?...‘ope thez gunna be no trubble' (Photo: descendant A. Maie) Drawing: A. Maie On Saturday 19 th January 1788 the Prince of Wales,  carrying Elizabeth Pulley, and the remainder of the Fleet arrived at the entrance to Botany Bay/ Kamay . [1]   There was great excitement and relief at having arrived safely. The joy everyone felt upon so long wish’d for an Event can be better conceiv’d than expressed, particularly as it was the termination of the Voyage to those who were to settle at Botany Bay, & it is 10 weeks on monday since we left the Cape of Good Hope;  the longest period of any we had been at Sea without touching at any Port. The ships were eagerly awaited by the forward party, which included Anthony Rope on the Alexander .  The forward party had not gained much in their effort to arrive early, saving only one day, and the Supply with Governor Phillip on board had only saved another