The British decided to send the First Fleet to New South Wales for the following reasons:
1. To expand the British empire, and prevent the French from gaining a foothold in the Australian continent or in that part of the Pacific.
2. The continent had Natural Resources and raw materials which England wanted.
3. Primarily: to solve the problem of Britain's overcrowded prisons by establishing a new penal colony in a land which showed promise for eventually becoming self-supporting.
4. Sir Joseph Banks, one of three botanists aboard James Cook's The Endeavour which charted the eastern coast of Australia in 1770, was a passionate advocate of British settlement and colonisation of the Australian continent. Cook claimed the eastern coast of Australia ("New South Wales") for Britain in 1770. It was largely upon his and Banks's recommendation that Australia ultimately was colonised.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
Captain Arthur Phillip commanded the First Fleet. He was a naval officer who, in October 1786, was appointed Governor-designate of the proposed British penal colony of New South Wales.
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.
England was the only country involved in the First Fleet. The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in New South Wales in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony. Australia was not yet a country.
"What was the name of the group of ships that brought the first convicts to New South Wales?"
The First Fleet was sent to New South Wales to bring settlers and convicts.
Captain Arthur Phillip was chosen to lead the First Fleet and to be Governor of the new colony in New South Wales.
The first Governor of New South Wales was Captain Arthur Phillip, who also commanded the First Fleet.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
Captain Arthur Phillip commanded the First Fleet. He was a naval officer who, in October 1786, was appointed Governor-designate of the proposed British penal colony of New South Wales.
The first Governor of New South Wales was Captain Arthur Phillip, who also commanded the First Fleet.
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Captain Arthur Phillip was the captain of the First Fleet, and the first Governor of New South Wales.
New South Wales was colonised with the arrival of the First Fleet from Britain, on 26 January 1788.
Captain Arthur Phillip was the comnander of the First Fleet and the first Governor of the new colony in New South Wales. His job was to lead the fleet safely to Australia and to establish and manage a colony in New South Wales, with the view to making it self-sufficient.
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.
England was the only country involved in the First Fleet. The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in New South Wales in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony. Australia was not yet a country.