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The first European settlers in Sydney were the people of the First Fleet - that is, 778 convicts from Britain, together with officers and their families, under the supervision of Captain Arthur Phillip. Sydney was settled as a penal colony.
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The Eora people were the first indigenous group who made contact with the convict settlers and officers on the eastern coast. The Eora were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.
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