Who were the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia?

Answer 1

Capt. Arthur Phillip, R.N. was commissioned as the first Governor of New South Wales. He set sail on May 13th, 1787 from Portsmouth, England with 11 vessels and 780 convicts. He arrived in NSW with 717 convicts of whom 180 were women, guarded by 191 marines under 19 officers.

The First Fleet consisted of 11 ships carrying 1,487 people. This included

• 759 convicts (although this figure varies, depending on the source) - none of them were murderers, but the First Fleet convicts were predominantly made up of petty thieves, pickpockets and those convicted of larceny, burglary and fraud.
• 13 children of convicts
• 252 marines, wives and children
• 20 officials
• 210 Royal Navy seamen
• 233 merchantmen

A list of names of the actual convicts on the First Fleet can be found at the website link below.

A full list of the convicts in the First Fleet is also detailed on a series of plaques in the Darling Harbour precinct near the end of the walkway past the submarine.

Answer 2

Capt. Arthur Phillip, R.N. was commissioned as the first Governor of New South Wales. He set sail on May 13th, 1787 from Portsmouth, England with 11 vessels and 780 convicts. He arrived in NSW with 717 convicts of whom 180 were women, guarded by 191 marines under 19 officers.

The First Fleet consisted of 11 ships carrying 1,487 people. This included

• 759 convicts (although this figure varies, depending on the source) - none of them were murderers, but the First Fleet convicts were predominantly made up of petty thieves, pickpockets and those convicted of larceny, burglary and fraud.
• 13 children of convicts
• 252 marines, wives and children
• 20 officials
• 210 Royal Navy seamen
• 233 merchantmen

Answer 3

The First Fleet contained convicts, soldiers and marines (some with wives and families) and various officers as well as Captains Arthur Phillip and John Hunter. The Reverend Samuel Marsden was also aboard.