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How many convicts died on the second fleet?
During the second fleet in Australia during the 1700â??s there were many convicts who died. During the journey, 267 convicts died and 124 died right after they landed at Port Jackson.
How many convicts died in the First Fleet?
23 people died in the fist fleet voyage
Were there any births or deaths along the way to Australia on the First Fleet?
Yes. there were about fourteen babies born on the First Fleet on the way to Australia. Some convicts died, but not nearly as many as those who died before the ships even left Portsmouth.
How many men did captain cook have as crew when he came to nz?
None. Captain Cook did not carry convicts. His was a mission of exploration and discovery. Cook was not part of the First Fleet of convicts to Australia. Cook's only part in the passage of convicts was to recommend Botany Bay as a suitable site for a penal colony, but he died nine years before the First Fleet arrived.
How many convicts were transported to Australia on the first fleet?
Sources vary, but according to the Australian Government Culture Portal, there were 751 convicts that disembarked from the First Fleet. Around 180 of these were women. No doubt more departed from Portsmouth, but between twenty and thirty died during the voyage.
What were the toilets called on the first fleet 1788?
they were called bilges and they smelt so much convicts died
How was the First Fleet different from the second?
The First Fleet was fully commissioned by the British Government. The ships were sourced, purchased, fitted out and supplied by the government. Captain Arthur Phillip was chosen to command the First Fleet, and his first concern was always the health of the convicts, as he knew they would be crucial to the establishment and success of the new colony. The Second Fleet was contracted out to non-government shipowners. This meant that those in command had no vested interest in ensuring the convicts arrived in good health. Arthur Phillip was appalled at the state of the Second Fleet convicts when they arrived. Far higher numbers of convicts died during the voyage of the Second Fleet than during the First Fleet.
How many convicts on the first fleet died?
Considering the distance they travelled and the rough seas over which they journeyed, very few convicts on the First Fleet died. Those who did were affected by diseases such as dysentery and cholera. Despite Captain Arthur phillip's best inetntions at keeping the convicts well looked afer, conditions below decks were unsanitary, and this was the leading cause of deaths.
How many people died the first fleet?
The deaths during the voyage were: one marine, one marine's wife, one marine's child, 36 male convicts, four female convicts, five children of convicts
How many people died in the First Fleet?
The deaths during the voyage were: one marine, one marine's wife, one marine's child, 36 male convicts, four female convicts, five children of convicts
How many convicts came to Australia?
As near as can be determined from records, it is believed that a total of around 162,000 convicts came to Australia, from the time of the First Fleet in 1788 until the cessation of transportation with the final shipload of convicts to Western Australia in 1868.
Where did the convicts go to the toilet when travelling on the First Fleet?
The convicts used buckets. The officers and marines had more civilised circumstances, but certainly not toilets as we know them today. The toilets were simple wooden seats over holes that emptied straight into the ocean.
