Editing Arthur Phillip (section)

==In popular culture==
Phillip has been played by a number of actors in movies and television programs, including:
*Sir [[Cedric Hardwicke]] in [[Botany Bay (film)|''Botany Bay'']] (1953){{sfn|TCM|1953}} 
*[[Edward Hepple]] in ''[[The Hungry Ones]]'' (1963)<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 1963 |title="THE HUNGRY ONES" |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47510555 |access-date=7 January 2025 |work=Australian Women's Weekly}}</ref>
*[[Wynn Roberts (actor)|Wynn Roberts]] in ''[[Prelude to Harvest]]'' (1963)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kornits |first=Dov |date=21 August 2021 |title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Prelude to Harvest |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-prelude-to-harvest/ |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=FilmInk |language=en-AU}}</ref>
*[[Peter Collingwood]] in ''[[The Timeless Land#Television production|The Timeless Land]]'' (1980)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://watch.plex.tv/show/the-timeless-land |title=The Timeless Land |language=en |access-date=7 January 2025 |via=watch.plex.tv}}</ref>
*[[Sam Neill]] in ''[[The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant]]'' (2005){{sfn|Apple|2005}}
*[[David Wenham]] in ''[[Banished (TV series)|Banished]]'' (2015){{sfn|BBC|2015}}

He is a prominent character in [[Timberlake Wertenbaker]]'s play ''[[Our Country's Good]]'', in which he commissions Lieutenant [[Ralph Clark]] to stage a production of ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]''. He is shown as compassionate and just, but receives little support from his fellow officers.{{sfn|Wertenbaker|1988|p=2}}

His life was the focus of ''[[I'll Meet You in Botany Bay]]'', a 1945 [[radio play]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rees |first=Leslie |url=https://archive.org/details/australiandrama10000rees/mode/1up?q=%22meet+you+in+botany+bay%22 |title=Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey |date=1987 |publisher=North Ryde, NSW, Australia : Angus & Robertson Publishers |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-207-15354-9}}</ref>