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* Captain Arthur Phillip * Reverend Samuel Marsden * Captain John Hunter * Lieutenant Watkin Tench

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Lieutenant General Watkin Tench was a British marine officer who is best known for publishing two books describing his experiences in the First Fleet, which established the first settlement in Australia in 1788. 
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His two accounts, Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson provide an account of the arrival and first four years of the colony.
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The First Fleet was not made up of explorers. It was made up of convicts, marines and officers.

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Which explorers fleet first traveled around the world?

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How many sheep were there on the First Fleet?

According to the website First Fleet Fellowship, there were 44 sheep on board the First Fleet.


Who was the queen of the first fleet?

There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.


What was the first fleet of ships called that landed in australia?

The first fleet of ships that landed in Australia was simply called the First Fleet.


Did the First Fleet have a flagship?

The flagship of the first fleet was HMS Sirius.

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Which explorers fleet first traveled around the world?

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How did the first fleet know how to get to Australia?

The captain and crew of the First Fleet's ships had extensive and detailed maps from the various expeditions of Dutch explorers, improved further by the charts of English explorers William Dampier and James Cook.


What did explorers wear in the First Fleet?

The First Fleet was not a fleet of exploration. It was made up of British officers, marines and the hundreds of convicts they guarded, and it was for the purpose of colonising the continent that later became known as Australia.


How did the first fleet get over the Blue Mountains?

The First Fleet did not go over the Blue Mountains. It was a fleet of ships, and as such was not an inland exploration party.Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth were the ones who first crossed the Blue Mountains, twenty five years after the First Fleet.They found their route by following the ridges, not the river valleys as previous explorers had attempted.


Did any explorers come between Captain Cook and The First Fleet?

No. Australia's east coast was not visited by any other European explorers between 1770 and 1788.


When the First Fleet came to Australia what was it known as?

The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.


What is the Australia First Fleet called?

The First Fleet.


Where were they headed to first for the First Fleet?

The first stop for the First Fleet was Tenerife in the Canary Islands.


Was there any mutiny on the first fleet?

No. There was no mutiny on the first fleet.


How many sheep were there on the First Fleet?

According to the website First Fleet Fellowship, there were 44 sheep on board the First Fleet.


Who was the queen of the first fleet?

There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.


Who built the First Fleet in Australia?

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.