The convicts on the First Fleet had nothing more than the clothes they wore when they were convicted. The officers wore their uniforms of the British Marines.
The convicts themselves were not permitted to take anything except the clothes they wore when they were convicted.
The women convicts on the First Fleet wore only what they werer convicted of their crimes in. Once their sentence was passed down, they were not permitted to go home or pack extra clothing. They boarded the ships in whatever they were wearing at the time. The wives of the officers wore the standard long sleeved dresses with long skirts that were customary at the time.
The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.
The First Fleet.
No. There was no mutiny on the first fleet.
According to the website First Fleet Fellowship, there were 44 sheep on board the First Fleet.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
The first fleet was never alive. It was a fleet of ships. The last known person who was aboard the First Fleet died during the 1860s.
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.
The first fleet of ships that landed in Australia was simply called the First Fleet.
The first stop for the First Fleet was Tenerife in the Canary Islands.