The marines were required as guards and soldiers. They were there to enact the orders of the officers.
The ships of the First Fleet carried the British flag.
The first fleet of ships that landed in Australia was simply called the First Fleet.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
No. The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia 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.
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.
The First Fleet was made up primarily of convicts. There were many sailors, marines and officers as well, and a large number of stock animals.
This was the First Fleet. It comprised 11 ships, which carried convicts, officers, marines, and supplies and stock animals for the new British colony.
The First Fleet was not so much a 'who' as a 'what'. The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia 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.Aboard the ships of the First Fleet were over 700 convicts, almost 200 marines (some with wives and families), numerous officers and Captains Arthur Phillip and John Hunter. The Reverend Richard Johnson was also aboard.
The First Fleet did not leave Plymouth. The first Fleet refers to the eleven ships carrying convicts, marines and officers, who established the first European settlement in New South Wales. The First Fleet departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787.
The ships of the First Fleet carried the British flag.
The first fleet of ships that landed in Australia was simply called the First Fleet.
The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia 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.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
The First Fleet consisted of 11 ships carrying 1,487 people. This included -759 convicts13 children of convicts252 marines, wives and children20 officials210 Royal Navy seamen233 merchantmen
The First Fleet consisted of 11 ships carrying 1,487 people. This included -759 convicts13 children of convicts252 marines, wives and children20 officials210 Royal Navy seamen233 merchantmen
No. The First Fleet refers to the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia 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.
None of the convicts on the First Fleet married any of the marines on the transport, but a marine named Daniel Stanfield married the daughter of a First Fleet convict.