Evaluate the career of Captain Arthur Phillip in his role as the first Governor. Captain Arthur Phillip’s role as first Governor of the colony of New South Wales proved to be efficient and successful despite the difficulties. Difficulties included‚ limited supplies and the soils around Sydney were of poor quality making cultivation difficult. Tools were scarce and the Marines were unsupportive and not at all interested in instilling the discipline the convicts required. Along with these chaotic
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CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Tom Hank’s new movie‚ Captain Phillips‚ can easily be summed up in one word‚ intense. Yet‚ the intensity of the film still couldn’t avoid shaky camera shots and extremely lengthy scenes. The true story of the 2009 hijacking of an American cargo ship is a story that most of us remember vividly. Tom Hanks‚ who was born to play Captain Phillips‚ brings this terrifying story to life. The movie starts out with an uptight Captain Phillips obsessing over emergency drills and making sure
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The Academy Award for Best Picture is considered the most important award of the ceremony. While there are those who think that the other nominees should win the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture‚ Captain Phillips is a fantastic and well made movie based on a true story. The Academy Awards Ceremony of today is far from what it was when it first began. The first Academy Awards ceremony took place out of the public eye during an Academy banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (“History of the
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Janszoon. Since then there have been many more expeditions exploring Australia. Captain Cook from England first claimed Australia in 1770. England decided to send fleets of ships to Australia to get rid of convicts and establish Australia. With the first fleet came the first governor of the new settlement‚ Captain Arthur Phillip. He was born on the 11th of October 1738 in London‚ England. His father was Jacob Phillip and his mother was Elizabeth Breach. He went to Greenwich Hospital School‚ before
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Governor Arthur Philip should be considered an Australian Legend because he was the first to interact with the Indigenous Australians in respectful way. Governor Arthur Phillip interacted with the Indigenous Australians in a positive and polite way‚ he meant them no harm: he believed that he could communicate with them without any violence; he didn’t want innocent people to die due to a small misunderstandings. Phillip wanted to learn about the Aboriginal culture‚ food and language and he wanted
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on a mission to start up a new colony led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Captain Arthur Phillip was born on the 11th of October‚ 1738‚ in London. Phillip went to school at Greenwich and later served an apprenticeship in the merchant navy. He was then transferred to the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War but then retired to become a farmer in Hampshire. After he served his time as Captain in the Portuguese Navy‚ Phillip re-joined the Royal Navy. Phillip was then asked to be governor of the penal colony
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stolen. But if it was stolen who was it stolen from? Foreign piracy is an act of robbery at sea. Captain Richard Phillips’ (Tom Hanks) fear was building up as he was approaching to take his crew around the horn of Africa‚ the most dangerous part of the sea. Once the crew has gotten all aboard and situated they set sail for Kenya to deliver cargo. Before they set sail‚ Captain Richard Phillips makes security checks by looking at the
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characters have to this. Governor Arthur Phillip supports a humane approach to dealing with the convicts‚ but Judge David Collins believes that the law must be upheld and that a crime‚ however petty‚ is still a crime. Captain Watkin Tench says that the convicts are beyond redemption anyway‚ and Midshipman Harry Brewer takes the opinion that the convicts have become desensitized to hangings and even consider it "their theatre". In the end Governor Phillip believes that a play for the convicts
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When Wertenbaker began writing "Our Country’s Good" (in 1988) convicts and prisoners were looked upon with more shame and distaste than they are today. She set the play in the 19th Century‚ and back then people were executed for stealing a biscuit! She was trying to point out the terrible flaws that occurred back then and she definitely succeeded. This‚ however‚ was not the full aim of the play. I think that the play’s aim was to show convicts in a different light. In "Our Country’s Good"‚ many of
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Captain Philips is a movie featuring the ever rising piracy activities in the great seas of the Indian Ocean off the Coast of Somalia a country in the horn of Africa. Tom Hanks‚ Paul Greengrass and Billy Ray teamed to tell the true story of Richard Philips a US cargo ship captain who surrendered himself to the Somalia pirates so that his crew would be safe. The movie shows how Lots of men and women risk their lives to make and deliver goods that some people take for granted. A world away‚ some other
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