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The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships that brought the first European and African settlers to Australia. It was made up of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports. On 13 May 1787 the fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, with over 1400 people (convicts,
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See moreLord Sandwich, together with the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, the eminent scientist who had accompanied Lieutenant James Cook on his 1770 voyage, was advocating establishment of a British
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See moreThe majority of the people travelling with the fleet were convicts, all having been tried and convicted in Great Britain, almost all of them in England.
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On Sat 26 January 1842 The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser reported "The Government...
See more• Gillen, Mollie (1985). The Search for John Small, First Fleeter. Sydney: Library of Australian History. ISBN 978-0908120581.
• Phillip, Arthur; Currey,...
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On 25 October 1786 the 20 gun HMS Sirius, lying in the dock at Deptford, was commissioned, and the...
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In September 1786 Captain Arthur Phillip was chosen to lead the expedition to establish a colony in...
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