Museum of Sydney

First Fleet Ships
Charlotte
Ship size length: 32 metres (105 feet); width: 8.5 metres (28 feet); weight: 343 tonnes (338 tons)

Demolished: First Government House
Built on a prominent rise overlooking Sydney Cove, first Government House served as the official residence and administrative office for the first nine governors of New South Wales

Permanent display
Edge of Trees
This site-specific piece commissioned for the forecourt of the Museum of Sydney at its opening in 1995 was created by artists Fiona Foley and Janet Laurence

16 April, 2 May, 3 June - 2pm
Film
Films: Just Not Australian
Watch a curated selection of films that relate to the themes of the exhibition and the included works

Permanent display
First Fleet Ships
This display explores the journey, arrival and first contacts of this fleet’s largely unwilling human cargo

13 April, 6pm
Talk
First Nations Speaker Series: Tony Albert
Presented in collaboration with GML Heritage and the Research Centre for Deep History at the Australian National University
![[First Government House, Sydney] / watercolour drawing by John Eyre](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/11/8b76679c68c649dbb0ab45cfb954e5fb.jpg)
First encounters
The Museum of Sydney is built on and around a site that links us to the very beginnings of modern Australia

29 April & 13 May, 2pm
Talk
Floor Talk: Meet the Artist and Curator
Come meet one of the artists in Just Not Australian and an Artspace curator as they share insight into their work and the exhibition.

Permanent display
Gadigal Place
The Gadigal Place gallery honours the diverse and complex history, culture and survival of the Gadigal clan on whose land the Museum of Sydney stands