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How many months or years did the first fleet go on?
100 months
Did Captain Cook travel after or before the First Fleet?
All of Captain James Cook's voyages were completed before the First Fleet ever departed Portsmouth, England. Cook died eight years before the First Fleet set sail.
Was Dirk Hartog in the First Fleet?
No. Dirk Hartog landed on Western Australia's shores (then New Holland) about 170 years before the First Fleet even left England.
What ship did Willem Janszoon sail on to Australia in the first fleet?
Willem Jansz / Janszoon was not on the First Fleet. Jansz was a Dutch trader who became the first recorded European to step foot on Australia's shores, doing so in 1606 - over 180 years before the First Fleet. The First Fleet was primarily made up of convicts from England, and arrived in 1788.
Did Greenway get to Australia by the Lady Penryn?
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.
How old was Matthew Everingham a convict of the first fleet when he died?
48 years old
When did the first fleet start?
The First Fleet departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787 and initially arrived in Australia on 18 January 1788, moving to Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.
What happened in the First Fleet with Captain James Cook?
Nothing. James Cook was nit on or part of the First Fleet. Cook did not accompany the First Fleet as he was killed by Hawaiian natives in 1779, nine years prior to the First Fleet landing at Sydney Cove. Lieutenant James Cook (not yet a captain) was the first European to sight the eastern coast of Australia in 1770, and it was on his recommendation that the continent was colonised.
How did the First Fleet affect koalas?
The First Fleet did not affect koalas at all; neither did the second or third fleets. Koalas were not even discovered by the European settlers until January 1799 - eleven years after the arrival of the First Fkeet.
Did the red fox come in the first fleet?
No.The European red fox was first released in the Geelong area near Melbourne in 1845, which is 57 years after the first Fleet arrived in New South Wales. More were introduced after 1845 as a method for controlling the introduced hare problem. It was given time to breed, which it did prolifically with no natural predators on the continent, and fox-hunting started within a couple of decades.
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.
How many other ships came to Australia after the first fleet?
Between the years 1788 and 1850, England sent a total of 806 ships to Australia (including the eleven in the First Fleet), carrying over 162,000 convicts.
