Besides the convicts, only the officers, marines and some marines' wives and children came with the First Fleet. There were no free settlers or emigrants from England.
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.
There were 180 female convicts on the First Fleet.
Yes. There were 192 female convicts on the First Fleet.
23 people died in the fist fleet voyage
The convicts on the First Fleet were only given water to drink.
They walked on
People in the First Fleet did not marry whilst still at sea, but once the fleet arrived in New South Wales, a number of convicts married, and some convicts and marines or convicts and officers married. The first weddings occurred within two weeks of the fleet arriving in Australia, with Reverend Richard Johnson officiating at the marriages of five couples on 10 February 1788.
The prisoners on the First Fleet were known as convicts.
The convicts on the First Fleet came from all walks of life. Most of them were ordinary people, made up of thieves, pick-pockets, forgers, petty criminals and the unemployed just struggling to survive and driven to steal food. No one new was added to the list of convicts once the First Fleet departed England.
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
The convicts on the First Fleet were predominantly British. About three dozen convicts were Scottish, and nine convicts were Welsh. Australia's first bushranger, John 'Black' Caesar, was a former black slave believed to be from Madagascar, who was convicted of stealing in London and sent on the First Fleet. Later fleets to Australia had more nationalities represented, including a greater concentration of Irish convicts. For more details, see the related link.
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.