In February 1788, the convicts aboard the First Fleet began to disembark at Port Jackson, Australia, after their long voyage from England. They were tasked with establishing a penal colony under the leadership of Captain Arthur Phillip. The convicts engaged in various activities, including building shelters, clearing land, and starting agricultural processes to ensure the settlement's sustainability. This marked the beginning of European colonization in Australia.
Transportation of convicts to Australia occurred between 1788 and 1867. Convicts first arrived on 26 January 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet in New South Wales. The last convict ship arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868. Transportation of convicts to Australia ceased after this.
The people who were to build the government were convicts.
Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet of convicts landed at Botany Bay (but did not stay there) in 1788.
The convicts of the First Fleet married each other, or the female convicts married marines or officers who might have fancied them. The first weddings occurred within two weeks of the fleet arriving in Australia, with Reverend Richard Johnson officiating at the marriages of five couples on 10 February 1788. One such couple was the notorious convict pair William and Mary Bryant, who became famous for their escape from the colony.
Australia was colonised with the arrival of the First Fleet from Britain, on 26 January 1788.The convicts and officers of the First Fleet arrived at the location they were meant to settle, Botany Bay, on 18 January 1788. However, due to the bay not being as promising as they had been led to believe, they travelled north 8 km and settled in Port Jackson, arriving there and raising the British flag on 26 January 1788. This is the official start of the colonisation of Australia.
About 732 convicts are catholic.
Convicts first arrived in Australia in January 1788.
Convicts were first transported to Australia's eastern coast in 1788.
Eleven ships came to Australia with the First Fleet of convicts in 1788.
Transportation of convicts to Australia occurred between 1788 and 1867. Convicts first arrived on 26 January 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet in New South Wales. The last convict ship arrived in Western Australia on 10 January 1868. Transportation of convicts to Australia ceased after this.
Australia was not settled until 1788. After 1788, convicts, if they cared about the time of day at all, would only have cared about meal times and knock-off time.
A person who was exiled to Australia in 1788 were called convicts.
The First Fleet of convicts to Australia departed England in May 1787, and arrived in New South Wales in January 1788.
In 1788, approximately 775 convicts and 645 freemen (including marines, officers, and their families) arrived in Botany Bay with the First Fleet, which was the first European settlement of Australia.
On 18 August 1786 the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military and civilian personnel to Botany Bay, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, who was appointed Governor-designate.
The people who were to build the government were convicts.
White settlement in Australia commenced in 1788, with the arrival of the First Fleet.