22 September – (Today's New South Wales) Commonly cited as thefirst white child[1] or the first white female born in Australia, Rebecca Small (22 September 1789 – 30 January 1883), was born inPort Jackson, the eldest daughter of John Small[2] aboatswain in theFirst Fleet which arrived atBotany Bay in January 1788.
^"Australian Patriarchs".The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). No. 2657. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1888. p. 6 (Centennial Supplement to the Daily Telegraph). Retrieved3 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.