The convicts of the First Fleet did manual labour. They were put to work clearing trees, tilling the soil and getting the first crops started. The convicts were very hard to motivate, being reluctant to work in the Australian heat and humidity, and with tools that constantly broke, but they were expected to work hard.
They were also set construction projects, as there were no roads, bridges or buildings. Some convicts were assigned as servants or tradespeople to the free settlers who also came.
There were 180 female convicts on the First Fleet.
Yes. There were 192 female convicts on the First Fleet.
The convicts on the First Fleet were only given water to drink.
They walked on
The prisoners on the First Fleet were known as convicts.
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
The convicts of the First Fleet were very quickly set to work tilling the soil and getting the first crops started. (Admittedly, the convicts were very hard to motivate, being reluctant to work in the Australian heat and humidity.) They were also set construction projects, as there were no roads, bridges or buildings. Some convicts were assigned as servants or tradespeople to the free settlers who also came.
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.
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At mealtimes.
The Fishburn was a storeship. It carried no convicts.
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.