The First Fleet was not so much a 'who' as a 'what'. The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony.
Aboard the ships of the First Fleet were over 700 convicts, almost 200 marines (some with wives and families), numerous officers and Captains Arthur Phillip and John Hunter. The Reverend Richard Johnson was also aboard.
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.
The flagship of the first fleet was HMS Sirius.
No. None of the ships of the First Fleet was named the Pandora.
The prisoners on the First Fleet were known as convicts.