• Title
  Arthur Phillip - Commission issued by King George III, 5 May 1787, appointing Governor Arthur Phillip, and others, to act as a Vice Admiralty Court to try pirates for acts of piracy in waters adjoining the territory of New South Wales / George III, King Great Britain
• Creator
  Arthur Phillip, 1738-1814
• Call number
  Safe 1/4d
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  5 May 1787
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  455796
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 3237, frames 27-34 (Safe 1/4d)
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Arthur Phillip was appointed first Governor of the colony of New South Wales on 12 October 1786. He was commander of the First Fleet which sailed from Spithead on 31 May 1787 and disembarked at Port Jackson, New South Wales, on 26 January 1788. In December 1792, Phillip returned to England, resigning his post as Governor on 23 July 1793. He died in 1814.
• Scope and Content
  Commission, from King George III, on parchment. Those named in the commission as members of a Vice Admiralty Court are Arthur Phillip, Robert Ross, Andrew Miller, Augustus Alt, John Hunter, William Bradley, Philip Gidley King, George William Maxwell and Henry Lidgbird Ball. The document is signed by Godfrey Lee Farrant, Registrar.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
  
• Subject
  Admiralty--New South Wales.
  Governors--New South Wales.
  Highjacking of ships.
  Maritime law--New South Wales.
  Pirates.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20604860

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