The convicts of the First Fleet had numerous tasks. They were required to clear the land of trees and rocks; cut stone and construct buildings; quarry stone for roads; plough the soil and plant seed; and numerous other trades to help build the colony up to the point of being self-sufficient.
The First Fleet arrived in Australia on 26 January 1788.
Scavenge for food and water.
The first fleet arived in the 1778 and they were the ones that inprison the prisoners in europe.
I assume the question relates to the deportation of prisoners from England to our penal colonies being established in Australia (and elsewhere)? The problem was simply to remove the prisoners somewhere else. In 1787, the 'First Fleet' departed from England, to establish the first British penal colony settlement in Australia.
Total 1440, convicts 778, therefore Yes, just.
The First Fleet arrived in Australia on 26 January 1788.
Scavenge for food and water.
The prisoners on the First Fleet were known as convicts.
The first fleet arived in the 1778 and they were the ones that inprison the prisoners in europe.
The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.
The First Fleet.
I assume the question relates to the deportation of prisoners from England to our penal colonies being established in Australia (and elsewhere)? The problem was simply to remove the prisoners somewhere else. In 1787, the 'First Fleet' departed from England, to establish the first British penal colony settlement in Australia.
Total 1440, convicts 778, therefore Yes, just.
The first fleet of ships that landed in Australia was simply called the First Fleet.
There were no "policemen" in the First Fleet. The men guarding the prisoners were called marines.
The First Fleet of convicts from Great Britain arrived in Australia in January 1788. At first, on 18 January, it came to e site recommended by Sir Joseph Banks and James Cook - Botany Bay - which was found to be unsuitable for settlement. So the First Fleet moved north to Port Jackson, arriving on 26 January 1788.
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.