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There were 11 ships in the First Fleet which transported convicts to Australia.
They were:
- HMS Sirius - the flagship
- HMS Supply - the supply ship
- The Borrowdale - storeship
- The Fishburn - storeship
- Golden Grove - storeship
- Lady Penrhyn - transport
- Prince of Wales - transport
- Scarborough - transport
- The Charlotte - transport
- The Friendship - transport
- The Alexander - transport and the biggest ship
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How many ships came to Australia in 1788?
Eleven ships came to Australia with the First Fleet of convicts in 1788.
When the First Fleet came to Australia what was it known as?
The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.
How many other ships came to Australia after the first fleet?
Between the years 1788 and 1850, England sent a total of 806 ships to Australia (including the eleven in the First Fleet), carrying over 162,000 convicts.
Why is Australia Day an historic event?
Because it was the day Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of 11 ships of convicts came to Australia
What were the living conditions like for aboriginal woman and children on the first fleet to Australia?
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.
Who is Australia's first governor?
Australia's first Governor was Captain Arthur Phillip, who came with the First Fleet in 1788.
How did John Caesar get to Australia?
he came on the first fleet ship Alexander
Who came on the First Fleet to australia?
Aboard the ships of the First Fleet to Australia were over 700 convicts, soldiers (some with wives and families) and Captains Arthur Phillip and John Hunter. The Reverend Richard Johnson was also aboard.
What is the Name the two Australian naval ships that accompanied the First Fleet?
Australia as a nation did not exist when the First Fleet arrived - it was called either Terra Australis, New Holland or New South Wales. In consequence there was no Australian Navy (that came in 1911, 123 years later). Two Royal Navy ships were part of the First Fleet - HMS Sirius and HMS Supply.
Why did Elizabeth MacArthur come to Australia?
Elizabeth Macarthur came by ship to Australai. She was on one of the ships in the 2nd fleet.She came with her husband to help along with the affairs of her husband, John Elizabeth Macarthur came to Australia in 1789 as part of the second fleet, she was not on the first fleet. She did arrive with her husband and they estabished a farm at Parramatta.
When were feral pigs introduced to Australia?
There is evidence to suggest that domestic cats - which then turned feral - arrived in Australia with the Macassan traders who sought trepang (sea slugs) off Australia's northern coast some 500 years before the First Fleet of convicts and officers. Even though the First Fleet had ships' cats, some of which stayed behind in Australia when the ships moved on, cats were already a presence in Australia. Naturally, these cats turned feral once they had to fend for themselves, and with no natural predators in Australia, their population proliferated rather well.
What was the first city visited in Australia?
When Europeans first came to Australia it had no cities.The first city to be founded in Australia was Sydney, which was founded with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
