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How many convicts were transported to Australia on the first fleet?
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∙ 11y ago
Sources vary, but according to the Australian Government Culture Portal, there were 751 convicts that disembarked from the First Fleet. Around 180 of these were women.
No doubt more departed from Portsmouth, but between twenty and thirty died during the voyage.
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How many convicts didn't survive the First Fleet?
It seems that they they did relatively well on the First Fleet. However the same can not be said for the many convicts transported to Australia after that.
Were female convicts transported on the first fleet?
Yes. There were 192 female convicts on the First Fleet.
What fleet carried convicts to Australia?
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.
How were the convicts moved?
The convicts were transported via ships from England to Australia. The First Fleet was under British authority, but the Second Fleet was contracted out to private contractors. Because of the terrible conditions of the Second Fleet, subsequent fleets we again up under British authority. Once in Australia, they were required to walk everywhere.
What did the first fleet transport?
The First Fleet mostly transported convicts from England, along with the officers and marines who guarded them. Naturally, rations and stock animals were also transported.
How many soldiers were on the First Fleet?
There were no murderers on the First Fleet. All the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia were petty thieves or convicted of crimes such as larceny, burglary and forgery.
Who was in command of the first fleet?
Captain Arthur Phillip was in charge of the First Fleet of convicts to Australia.
How did black Caesar get to Australia?
John 'Black' Caesar arrived in Australia on the First Fleet. He was one of the First Fleet convicts.
How many convicts were transported?
According to Charles Bateson's "Convict Ships", the total number of Australian convicts sent to Australia, all colonies included, from the time of the First Fleet to the end of Transportation, was 160,151.
Did the convicts of the First Fleet bring diseases to Australia?
Yes
Who built the First Fleet in 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.
What type of people were on the First Fleet to Australia?
The First Fleet consisted of officers, marines (some of whom were accompanied by their wives and children) and several hundred convicts. The convicts were made up of thieves, pick-pockets, forgers, petty criminals and ordinary people just struggling to survive and driven to steal food. Murderers were not transported on the First Fleet.
