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How many free settlers were there on the First Fleet?
Very few. The only civilian free settlers on the First Fleet were the wives and children of some of the marines. No other settlers sought passage on the convict-dominated Fleet. There are no records listing the wives and children, but it is estimated that there were not more than a couple of dozen.
How are the first fleet and the first free settlers different?
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
In what year did the first Free Settlers get to Australia?
There were free settlers on the First Fleet Which arrived in New South Wales in January 1788. They were the officers' wives and children. With each successive fleet, more free settlers came out. The Second Fleet arrived in New South Wales in June 1790.
Did any other ships arrive with people after the first fleet?
Yes, but it was two years before the Second Fleet arrived in 1790. This, too, was essentially a convict fleet, with some free settlers. No other transport ships came in between 1788 and 1790. The Third Fleet followed, but it was not until after that when free settlers' ships began to arrive more regularly.
Were all the people on the first fleet convicts?
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.
How many free settlers were there on the First Fleet?
Very few. The only civilian free settlers on the First Fleet were the wives and children of some of the marines. No other settlers sought passage on the convict-dominated Fleet. There are no records listing the wives and children, but it is estimated that there were not more than a couple of dozen.
How are the first fleet and the first free settlers different?
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
In what year did the first Free Settlers get to Australia?
There were free settlers on the First Fleet Which arrived in New South Wales in January 1788. They were the officers' wives and children. With each successive fleet, more free settlers came out. The Second Fleet arrived in New South Wales in June 1790.
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.
Were did the First Fleet settlers settle in Australia?
Around Sydney Harbour.
Did the first fleet bring the first Greek settlers to Byzantium?
No. The term "First Fleet" tends to be reserved for the group of eleven ships which brought the first convicts and settlers to New Souh Wales in 1788.
Why was the first fleet sent to new south wales?
The First Fleet was sent to New South Wales to bring settlers and convicts.
Did any other ships arrive with people after the first fleet?
Yes, but it was two years before the Second Fleet arrived in 1790. This, too, was essentially a convict fleet, with some free settlers. No other transport ships came in between 1788 and 1790. The Third Fleet followed, but it was not until after that when free settlers' ships began to arrive more regularly.
Were all the people on the first fleet convicts?
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.
Who were the first Christians on the First Fleet?
I don't know their names, in fact I don't think they recorded them. But pretty much everyone on the first fleet was Christian from the commanders and marines to the convicts and settlers.
Did the horses brought to Australia by the settlers come from Europe?
The horses brought to Australia by the First Fleet, came from England.
When the non-convict settlers arrived?
There were some free settlers (by way of officers' wives and children, and the Reverend Samuel Marsden) on the First Fleet, but more arrived with the second and third Fleets.
