First Fleet House

Office Address:

First Fleet House,

105 Cathedral St.

Woolloomooloo

Sydney, NSW, 2011

Phone: 02 9360 3788

E-mail: fffaus@optusnet.com.au

OFFICE HOURS Monday, Wednesday & Thursday

10.00am to 3.00pm

*Note; If visiting FF House to do Research, please

Telephone beforehand and make an appointment.

Note: FFF House continues to be closed during the Greater Sydney Covid-19 June - October 2021 Lockdown - will reopen to members by appointment in 2022 - more information on the News page

THE FELLOWSHIP NEWS

First Fleet House closed in the Sydney Covid-19 Lockdown in June-October 2021.

The office re-opened briefly for volunteers to deal with FFF issues, including membership applications, then closed from December 8 2021 for the Christmas New Year Holiday Season, to re-open on January 31 2022.

*It is planned that FFF Members will be able to visit by appointment in 2022.

This will be in accordance with NSW Government Covid-19 restrictions.*

General Email enquiries can be sent to fffaus@optusnet.com.au

Membership related emails can be sent to

membershipfff@optusnet.com.au

Thank you for your understanding during the challenging times we have experienced in 2020-2022.

Sadly Covid-19 Cancellations Continue

Regrettably the FFF annual Australia Day Luncheon was again cancelled for 2022 due to uncertainties regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic.

And now, due to ongoing Covid 19 uncertainties, we have also cancelled our proposed May 13th 2022 Captain Cook Sydney Harbour Cruise/High Tea. It had been intended to celebrate the Sailing of the First Fleet from Portsmouth in 1787.

Have you heard?

There's a proposal for a new FFF Chapter on the Queensland Gold Coast? Stay tuned for updates!

* What's New & Updated on the Website *

Home Page - various updates
- Minor modifications
- A Compendium of Memorials Honouring Governor Arthur Phillip
- Search Tip in lower Search Box use Small John not John Small to find John Small in the Charlotte's Ships Page
Directors listing on Contacts page
Chapter Contacts Changes
First Fleet House - How Do I Get There - parking rates for Cathedral St and Domain Car Parks have been updated
New Contact for Frederick Meredith Descendants Group
Founders 2022- 53.2 Edition uploaded
Gravesite Plaques updated and a new entry for Henry LidgbirdBall
Stories - John Shortland Senior & Son Thomas Shortland's stories updated, Joseph Tuso's story amended
Life Members page has been created
First Fleeters & their Stories page has been created - with links for Names of First Fleeters A-Z being rolled out & Diversity Section covering people from other Nations, of Jewish faith & African ethnicity being rolled out
Links - Tunks family details added
Top Menu Bar amended with new Life Members, Founders & FF's - Stories tabs being rolled out
Web page for Books of the First Fleet, First Fleeters & Their Times has been created

* What We're Reading*

Have you seen the Non-Fiction books short-listed for the Prime Minister's Awards for Australian history - winners announced in December 2021
- WINNER: People of the River: Lost Worlds of Early Australia, Grace Karskens, Allen & Unwin
- The Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier, Mark Dunn, Allen & Unwin
- Ceremony Men: Making Ethnography and the Return of the Strehlow Collection, Jason M. Gibson, State University of New York Press
- Pathfinders: A History of Aboriginal Trackers in NSW, Michael Bennett, NewSouth Publishing
- Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970, Amanda Harris, Bloomsbury Publishing
Babette Smith OAM: "Australia's Birthstain"
Cassandra Pybus: "Black Founders"
Biography of First Fleeter Esther Julian - Johnson nee Abrahams from FFF Journal 1971 - Volume 2 No.1