John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)

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Vice Admiral John Hunter was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800.

Captain John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales, 1801

Hunter's tomb in the graveyard of the Church of St John-at-Hackney in London

Bust of Admiral John Hunter in Leith

Arthur Phillip

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Arthur Phillip was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales.

Captain Arthur Phillip, 1786, by Francis Wheatley

HMS Buckingham, Phillip's first posting after joining the Navy in 1755. Vessel pictured on the stocks at Deptford Dockyard, c. 1751. Painting by John Cleveley the Elder. National Maritime Museum, London.

The landing of the First Fleet in Port Jackson in 1788

The Founding of Australia By Capt. Arthur Phillip R.N., Sydney Cove, Jan. 26th 1788. Painting by Algernon Talmage, 1937.