The bank note has historical value as evidence of the 1988 Bicentennial celebrations and the recognition of the cultural diversity that had evolved in the Australian community up to that time.

Discover the letter from Joseph Dagelet, astronomer from 1788 Lapérouse Expedition, to William Dawes, astronomer to the First Fleet and British Settlement at Port Jackson, that provides advice on building the colony’s first observatory.

The letter from Frenchman Francis Barrallier to Governor King in 1802 during an expedition seeking a route across the Great Dividing Range is historically significant as a rare document describing and interpreting a French view of the pre-1788 Sydney Aboriginal people’s environment and culture.

Discover the Lapérouse Museum’s collection of objects from the ill fated expedition of Jean François de Lapérouse in 1785 -88, France’s great voyage of discovery of the Pacific. La Pérouse met the British First Fleet and Aboriginal people at Botany Bay NSW on the 26th January 1788.

Discover the 1787 convict love token made for Thomas Tilley a convict on the First Fleet.

Discover the cast iron bow anchor and cannon from HMS Sirius (1780 – 1790). HMS Sirius escorted the British First Fleet on their historic journey to Botany Bay in 1787- 88.

Discover the 1787 Draught Instructions for Governor Phillip that empowered Captain Arthur Phillip to establish a British Colony at Botany Bay, grant land and issue regulations to the Colony from 1788.