How long it take for the convicts to adapt to Australia?

Answer 1

The First Fleet left England on 13 May 1787 for Australia, via Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town. They reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788, moving then to Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. This first journey took just over eight months, but subsequent journeys gradually decreased in travelling time. The discovery that Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) was an island meant that ships could navigate through Bass Strait, thereby shaving another week off their sailing time.

Answer 2

Convicts on the First Fleet were transported as prisoners on British Navy transport ships. Later fleets were contracted out to private operators, and fewer of these convicts survived the journeys. The operators of the Second Fleet had, in fact, been involved in the transportation of slaves to North America. As a result of the outcry over the terrible conditions these convicts suffered, the British authorities then resumed transportation.

Answer 3

just over 8 Months.