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Sources vary, but the number of female convicts on the First Fleet is estimated to have been between 180 or 189.
There were 180 female convicts on 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.
717 convicts of whom 180 were women, guarded by 191 marines under 19 officers.
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
Sources vary, but the number of female convicts on the First Fleet is estimated to have been between 180 or 189.
There were 180 female convicts on the First Fleet.
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The Fishburn was a storeship. It carried no convicts.
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.
717 convicts of whom 180 were women, guarded by 191 marines under 19 officers.
some of them did but not many
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
23 people died in the fist fleet voyage
The Alexander was one of the ships of the First Fleet. It carried 195 male convicts.
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.
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.