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The youngest convict on the First Fleet was nine. He was John Hudson, a chimney sweep who was transported for stealing clothes and a pistol.
The actual convict ships of the First Fleet were:The AlexanderThe CharlotteThe FriendshipLady PenrhynPrince of WalesScarborough
The youngest convict on the First Fleet was nine. He was John Hudson, a chimney sweep who was transported for stealing clothes and a pistol.
No. The Lady Penrhyn was one of the ships of the First Fleet. Famous convict architect Francis Greenway was not on any of the ships of the First Fleet. He arrived in Sydney on the transport General Hewitt in February 1814, 26 years after the First Fleet.
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The First Fleet did not transport a convict called May Davis, but it did transport three convicts named Samuel Davis, William Davis, and James Davis.
Assuming you are referring to the Irish convict Alexander Pearce, he wasn't on the first fleet. Pearce arrived in Australia in 1820 and was executed in 1824 for the murder of Thomas Cox. He is, of course, famous for his remarkable escape and reported cannibalism.
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The first convict colony in Australia was established in Port Jackson, New South Wales, with the arrival of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788.
None of the convicts on the First Fleet married any of the marines on the transport, but a marine named Daniel Stanfield married the daughter of a First Fleet convict.
According to Charles Bateson's "Convict Ships", the total number of Australian convicts sent to Australia, all colonies included, from the time of the First Fleet to the end of Transportation, was 160,151.