The First Fleet collection consists of 629 drawings and watercolours. These include drawings of plants, animals and landscapes by Thomas Watling, a convicted forger, and George Raper, a midshipman of ...

After 15 years of service as a RAN fuel tanker, the decommissioned ship has been transformed ... in 2006 and named in honour of HMS Sirius of the First Fleet, the vessel underwent modifications ...

George Raper (c1767-97) was a midshipman in the Royal Navy who sailed on HMS Sirius. His work was executed in a ... but some are also from Norfolk Island after his ship the Sirius was wrecked and ...