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How many ships made up the first convict fleet to Australia?
None. There were no murderers aboard the First Fleet of convicts to Australia. The convicts were made up of petty thieves, or people convicted of fraud, larceny and burglary. No one convicted of a violent crime was aboard the First Fleet.
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.
Did any of the boats not make the journey to Australia on the First Fleet?
All of the boats commissioned for the First Fleet made it to Australia.
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 does Asia have to do with the First Fleet?
Asia has nothing to do with the First Fleet. The First Fleet refers to the group of eleven ships that left Portsmouth, England in 1787, bound for New South Wales with over 700 convicts on board. Together with the officers and marines that guarded them, these made up the very first known European settlers in Australia.
What did the first fleet have on their ships?
The First Fleet was made up primarily of convicts. There were many sailors, marines and officers as well, and a large number of stock animals.
What is the difference between the start of colonization in the Americas and Australia?
One of the main reasons that Australia was colonised was so that England would have a location to send its excess numbers of convicts. The first official settlement in Australia was made up of convicts, along with the marines who guarded them, and the officers who oversaw the colony. The First Fleet was a government-authorised fleet, and all rules and laws on the ships were endorsed by the British authorities. North America, on the other hand, was established as a free settlement. Convicts were sent later, and they arrived on contracted ships, not official government ships.
What ship did Willem Janszoon sail on to Australia in the first fleet?
Willem Jansz / Janszoon was not on the First Fleet. Jansz was a Dutch trader who became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores, doing so in 1606 - over 180 years before the First Fleet. The First Fleet was primarily made up of convicts from England, and arrived in 1788.
What trades were made on the convict ships first fleet?
Those who had something to trade were interested in booze, tobacco and foodstuffs.
What did explorers wear in the First Fleet?
The First Fleet was not a fleet of exploration. It was made up of British officers, marines and the hundreds of convicts they guarded, and it was for the purpose of colonising the continent that later became known as Australia.
The new colony on the first fleet?
The First Fleet was made up of convicts, marine and officers and their families. They landed on the shores of Port Jackson, New South Wales, in 1788, where they proceeded to establish the first European colony in Australia.
What kind of people came to Sydney in 1788?
The people who came to Australia in 1788 were the convicts, officers and marines who arrived on the First Fleet. These people made up the first official European settlement in Australia.
