Badly.
Conditions were very unsanitary, and dysentery and cholera were common, though less common than on subsequent fleets. Women had no privacy, and there was no provision for bathing. Basic personal hygiene was something that simply could not be attended to.
The convicts, both male and female, shared ship space with rats. Men and women were given small rations of basic flour and salted meat. Occasionally they were permitted to walk around the decks for exercise. Women were often used by the marines for their "entertainment". As food was sometimes in short supply, many of these women willingly traded their services for extra rations.
10 to40
There were no aboriginal women and children on the First Fleet to Australia. The Aborigines were alresy in Australia, while the First Fleet came from England.
Sources vary, but the number of female convicts on the First Fleet is estimated to have been between 180 or 189.
Yes, men cope better with dehydration as compared to women.
When the First Fleet landed, many of the girls and women were employed as servants for the officers. They did the usual household chores of washing and laundry, cleaning and cooking. Some of the women were even taken as wives themselves. The remainder of the women were assigned to sewing, making clothing, bedding and tents.
717 convicts of whom 180 were women, guarded by 191 marines under 19 officers.
The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.
The First Fleet.
the age range for men was 10-70 for women 10-65
No. There was no mutiny on the first fleet.
According to the website First Fleet Fellowship, there were 44 sheep on board the First Fleet.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.