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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.
How many soldiers were on the First Fleet?
There were no murderers on the First Fleet. All the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia were petty thieves or convicted of crimes such as larceny, burglary and forgery.
What kind of crimes did convicts of the first fleet commit?
People on the First Fleet came from all walks of life. The convicts were made up of thieves, pick-pockets, forgers, petty criminals and ordinary people just struggling to survive and driven to steal food. Some were convicted of assault. Murderers were not transported on the First Fleet.
What clothing did they have on the First Fleet?
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.
Were there slaves on the first fleet?
No. There were no slaves on the First Fleet. One of the convicts, John 'Black' Caesar, was an escaped slave from Madagascar, who had been convicted of stealing in London.
Where did the people from the First Fleet come from?
The people on the First Fleet were from England and Ireland.
What did people of the first fleet have in common?
The people on the First Fleet had in common the fact that they were leaving England to settle in an "uncivilised" land for an undetermined number of years.The convicts who made up most of the First Fleet were all convicted of a variety of crimes, mostly petty theft, and were sent away from their home country of England to a land far away, of which most of them had never even heard.
How long did chimney sweeps serve in the First Fleet?
If there were any chimney sweeps among the convicts of the First Fleet, the length of their sentence was determined by their crimes and the whim of the magistrates who convicted them, not by their job.
What crimes did the convicts in the First Fleet commit?
People on the First Fleet came from all walks of life. The convicts were made up of thieves, pick-pockets, forgers, petty criminals and ordinary people just struggling to survive and driven to steal food. Some were convicted of assault. Murderers were not transported on the First Fleet.
What luggage did they pack on the first fleet?
The convicts themselves were not permitted to take anything except the clothes they wore when they were convicted.
What were the nationalities of the convicts on the first fleet?
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.
Conditions of the people on the first fleet?
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