Before the budget: how Governor Phillip managed without cash in the colony
The Conversation · 5 Oct 2026

Before the budget: how Governor Phillip managed without cash in the colony

On January 18 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip and the ships of the First Fleet landed on the shores of New South Wales. They brought a supply of food, agricultural tools and livestock. Everything the British government thought they’d need to establish a colony on the other side of the world. But Philli


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