The Timeless Land
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The Timeless Land (1941) is a work of historical fiction by Eleanor Dark (1901–1985). The novel The Timeless Land is the first of The Timeless Land trilogy of novels about European settlement and exploration of Australia.
First US edition (publ. Macmillan)
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.