The British decided to send a settlement fleet to New South Wales in Australia because it was the best way to colonise the continent, and to maintain a presence in the South Pacifc. They wished to colonise Australia for several reasons:
1. To expand the British empire, and prevent the French from gaining a foothold in the Australian continent or in that part of the Pacific.
2. To solve the problem of Britain's overcrowded prisons (a consequence of the Industrial Revolution) by establishing a new penal colony in a land which showed promise for eventually becoming self-supporting. Britain had been sending their excess prisoners to North America, but the American War of Independence put a stop to the practice. After James Cook's successful voyage which involved charting the eastern coast of Australia, New South Wales was seen as a viable proposition for a convict colony. In particular, it was endorsed by Sir Joseph Banks, the influential botanist who travelled with Cook.
3. Australia could provide commercial and political gains to Britain.
4. Due to war, Britain needed to find an alternative supply of Flax and timber as her Baltic supply was under threat. It was believed that nearby Norfolk Island would provide this.
5. Britain needed a port in the East to promote trade with China and to extend its naval and commercial power.
No, the first fleet is the ame given to 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain in 1787 to establish the first European colony in NSW.
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Mr Michael Paul in 1993 in Parramatta NSW Australia
Britain first used the NSW colony as a convict colony, beginning in January 1788.
The first Australian settlement was restricted to what was then called Sydney Cove. This was in Port Jackson. There were no convicts at Botany Bay.
Sorry i dont have much info myself but i know she was relitevly young and she was on the boat the Charlotte.
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