The fleetâ??s commander was Captain Arthur Philip and they arrived in Austrian, botany Bay on 18 January 1788. On board were 732 convicts who survived the voyage. They were petty thieves from the slums. Infamous convicts who would later travel are George Barrington (gentleman pickpocket) and Israel Chapman (highway thief).
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 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.
The Fishburn was a storeship. It carried no convicts.
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At mealtimes.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.