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[[Admiral]] '''Arthur Phillip''', [[Royal Navy|RN]] (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of the first European colony on the Australian continent — New South Wales and was the founder of the city of Sydney.

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Then, in October 1786, Phillip was appointed captain of HMS Sirius and appointed Governor-designate of New South Wales, the proposed British penal colony on the east coast of Australia. The appointment seems to have been the work of George Rose, Under-Secretary of the Treasury and a neighbour of Phillip in Hampshire. He would have known of Phillip's experience in farming.