Fleeting encounters: pictures and chronicles of the First Fleet

An exhibition of watercolours by the early Port Jackson Painters, Fleeting Encounters provided an invaluable and moving account of the journey of the First Fleet and of life in the early colony. The works were displayed alongside the diaries of arrivals from the First Fleet.

An exhibition from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, the State Library of NSW & other collections.

Sponsored by the Sydney Renaissance Hotel and the British Council. Associated Education and Public Programs sponsored by The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph