The First Fleet to Australia was commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip who had been appointed Governor-designate of the proposed British penal colony of New South Wales.
There were 11 ships of the First Fleet, and they included:
The First Fleet left Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787, making three stops.
The First Fleet carried enough livestock and provisions to start a new settlement in New South Wales, but much of the seed was destroyed by either rats or mould due to the humidity on the trip.
The First Fleet was made up of eleven ships which arrived in Australia in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony.
The ships of the First Fleet included:
The First Fleet travelled from Portsmouth, to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. From there it continued on the Rio de Janeiro in South America, then across to South Africa. It then continued east to New South Wales.
The First Fleet was made up of eleven ships which arrived in Australia in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony.
The ships of the First Fleet included:
Records about the number of people aboard the First Fkeet are not exact, as they do not reflect how many people actually arrived in Australia alive.
The First Fleet had at least 1,350 people. 780 of them were convicts, and 570 were freemen, women and children. This figure also included four companies of marines.
The First Fleet of convicts left Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787, and arrived in botany Bay on 18 January 1788. It was found that there was insufficient fresh water, an absence of usable timber, poor quality soil and no safe harbour at Botany Bay. Thus the fleet was moved to Port Jackson, arriving on 26 January 1788.
The First Fleet to Australia was commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip who had been appointed Governor-designate of the proposed British penal colony of New South Wales.
There were 11 ships of the First Fleet, and they included:
Some of the dimensions of the ships are:
The First Fleet carried the first group of convicts to Australia. It was followed later by the Second and Third fleets, but after that, shiploads of convicts sailed independently or in pairs.
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
Records do not show the name of the ship on which William Buckley, the convict, sailed to Australia. He was not, however, on the First Fleet.
The First Fleet sailed from Portsmouth, England because that was where a large natural harbour lay, on the southern coast of England. It was a major naval port, and capable of easily holding the eleven ships of the First Fleet. Although not the closest port to London, the capital city, it was certainly the largest, most navigable port, and a logical choise for the First Fleet to depart from.The First Fleet sailed with a load of around seven hundred convicts bound for New South Wales on the Australian continent, to establish a penal colony there. This would alleviate the problem of overcrowded prisons in England.
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The First Fleet sailed leaving England to Australia
The First Fleet was not something that was built. The First Fleet was the fleet in which the first permanent settlers travelled to Australia, and it was made up of convicts, marines and officers from England.
The First Fleet carried the first group of convicts to Australia. It was followed later by the Second and Third fleets, but after that, shiploads of convicts sailed independently or in pairs.
There were no aboriginal women and children on the First Fleet to Australia. The Aborigines were alresy in Australia, while the First Fleet came from England.
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When the First Fleet arrived in Australia in 1788, the British Monarch was King George III.
It sailed there
The First Fleet of ships carrying convicts to Australia departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787.
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
Captain James Cook did not travel on the First Fleet, which was a fleet transporting convicts to Australia in 1788. He set sail from England in 1768 on an expeditionary voyage, making his first landfall in Botany Bay, Australia in 1770.
The First Fleet of ships carrying convicts to Australia departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787.