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What fleet carried convicts to Australia?
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.
What hapend in 13th May 1787 in England?
The First Fleet sailed leaving England to Australia
What year did the second fleet arrive?
The Second Fleet arrived in Australia in 1790.The Lady Juliana was the first of the Second Fleet's ships to arrive in Australia, doing so on 3 June 1790.
What ship did William Buckley the convict sail on to Australia?
Records do not show the name of the ship on which William Buckley, the convict, sailed to Australia. He was not, however, on the First Fleet.
How did the first fleet get there?
It sailed there
How many years did it take to get to Australia on the first fleet?
The First Fleet sailed from Britain 13 May 1787. After a number of stops along the way the fleet arrived in Botany Bay, Australia 18-20 January 1788. So the journey was less than a year - about 8 months.
How many sailors were in the First Fleet?
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
Did the First Fleet that sailed to Australia hold more prisoners than freemen?
Total 1440, convicts 778, therefore Yes, just.
Who was the captain of the Claremont in the second fleet?
The Second Fleet consisted of six ships. The Lady Juliana, The Guardian, The Surprise, Neptune, Scarborough and Justinian. They sailed from England to Australia, carrying convicts, in 1789 and 1790.There was no Claremont in any of the three fleets.(The Clermont was the first successful steamboat, built in 1807 on the River Hudson, New York by Robert Fulton, (1765-1815))
Was Juliana in the first fleet?
The Lady Juliana was not in the First Fleet. It was the first of the Second Fleet's ships to arrive in Australia, doing so on 3 June 1790.
How many lives were lost on the first fleet?
The First Fleet was a group of eleven ships that sailed from Great Britain headed to Australia. There were a reported 48 people who lost their lives on this journey as well as 28 births.
Who was second in command of the first fleet?
There was no Captain of the Second Fleet of convicts to Australia, just skippers for each of the individual ships. This was because the Second Fleet was not placed under government command, but was contracted out to private shipowners and businesses.
