The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on May 13, 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. It was a convict settlement, marking the beginnings of transportation to Australia. The fleet was led by Captain (later Admiral) Arthur Phillip. For online phenomenon of shipping, see Shipping (fandom). ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... NSW redirects here. ... Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. ...

Ships of the First Fleet

Naval escorts:

• HMS Sirius - the Flagship of the fleet
• HMS Supply

Convict transports: HMS Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet which set out from England in 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. ... This article is about the lead ship, store, or product of a group. ...

• Alexander
• Borrowdale
• Charlotte
• Fishburn
• Friendship
• Golden Grove
• Lady Penrhyn
• Prince Of Wales
• Scarborough

Scale models of all the ships are on display at the Museum of Sydney. The Alexander was a First Fleet transport of 452 tons, barque-built with quarterdeck, built at Hull in 1783. ... The Borrowdale was a First Fleet storeship of 272 tons, built in Sunderland in 1785. ... The Charlotte was a First Fleet transport ship, built on the River Thames in 1784, and weighing 345 tons. ... The Fishburn was the largest of the three First Fleet storeships. ... The friendship was a First Fleet transport ship, built in Scarborough in 1784. ... The Golden Grove was a First Fleet storeship built at Whitby in 1780. ... The Lady Penrhyn was a First Fleet transport ship of 338 tons, built on the River Thames in 1786. ... The Prince of Wales was a First Fleet transport ship of 333 tons, built on the River Thames in 1786. ... Scarborough was a First Fleet transport ship of 418 tons, built at Scarborough in 1782. ... Main door of Museum of Sydney The Museum of Sydney is built on the ruins of the house of Australias first governor-general, Governor Phillip. ...

Nine Sydney harbour ferries in current service were named after these First Fleet vessels (the unused names are Lady Penrhyn and Prince Of Wales). Two ferries- Narrabeen (rear) and Alexander (foreground) Sydney Ferries is a state owned corporation of the New South Wales Government providing passenger ferry services in Sydney Harbour and on the Parramatta River. ...

People of the First Fleet

The number of people directly associated with the First Fleet will probably never be exactly established, and all accounts of the event vary slightly. Gillen (see References below, p.445) gives the following statistics:

Embarked at Portsmouth

• Officials and passengers: 15
• Ships' crews: 324
• Marines: 247
• Marines wives and children: 46
• Convicts (men): 579
• Convicts (women): 193 mr hankey the christmas poo! some1 waz 'ere!
• Convicts' children: 14
• Total embarked: 1418

Landed at Port Jackson

• Officials and passengers: 14
• Ships' crews: 306
• Marines: 245
• Marines wives and children: 54
• Convicts (men): 543
• Convicts (women): 189
• Convicts' children: 22
• Total landed: 1373

During the voyage there were 22 births (13 boys, 9 girls), while 69 people either died, were discharged, or deserted (61 males and 8 females). As no complete crew musters have survived for the six transports and three storeships, there may have been as many as 110 more seamen. See section below for list of notable Fleet members.

Preparation for the voyage

The decision to send convicts to Botany Bay was taken by the British Government on 18 August 1786, with the responsibility to organise and choose officials falling on then Home Secretary, Lord Sydney and his junior, Evan Nepean. Preparations to obtain ships, convicts, guards and provisions began soon after. At the time the five hulks in service held about 1300 men, and selected convicts, including women from county gaols were transferred to the hulk Dunkirk at Plymouth and the New Gaol in Southwark. Optimistically, it was hoped to be able to sail in October, but a series of postponements were made. In mid April 1787 the St James's Chronicle commented that “strange as it may appear, we are credibly informed of the Fact that the Transports for Botany Bay have not as yet sailed". [Gillen, p.xxiv] For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Frognal House by George Shepherd appears in Thomas Irelands History of Kent published c. ... Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet (9 July 1751 or 1753 near Saltash, Cornwall - 1822) was a British politician and colonial administrator. ... A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea. ... This article is about the city in England. ... For other places with the same name, see Southwark (disambiguation). ...

By October 1786, more than 200 marines had volunteered for Botany Bay duty, and Major Robert Ross was chosen to command them. The man chosen to lead the expedition, command HMS Sirius, and take on the governorship of the colony, was Captain Arthur Phillip, of whom The First Lord of The Admiralty said, “The little I know of [him] would [not] have led me to select him". [Gillen, p.xxiv] The name Robert Ross is shared by several notable individuals: a British general of the early 1800s, see Robert Ross (general) an art historian (1869-1918), and friend of Oscar Wilde, see Robert Baldwin Ross an American blues vocalist and guitarist, and leader of the Robert Ross Band see Robert... Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. ...

The convict ships (two were originally slave ships requisitioned by the Royal Navy) were fitted out with strong hatch bars between decks, bulkheads to divide convicts from crew, and the guns and ammunition. Provisions included food such as flour, peas, rice, butter, salted beef and pork, bread, soup, cheese, water and beer. Coal and wood were provided for fuel. Beads, looking glasses and other gifts for native inhabitants were included. Vast amounts of hardware items were taken — tents (for the settlers to live in until huts had been built), wagons, wheelbarrows, gunpowder, collapsible furniture for the governor, scientific instruments, paper, ropes, crockery, glass panes for the governor's windows, ready-cut wood, cooking equipment (including some complete cast-iron stoves), and a miscellany of weapons. Other items included tools, agricultural implements, seeds, spirits, medical supplies, bandages, surgical instruments, handcuffs, leg irons and chains. A prefabricated house for the governor was constructed and packed flat. 5,000 bricks for construction and thousands of nails were loaded. As the party was venturing into unknown territory, it had to carry all its provisions to survive until it could make use of local materials, assuming suitable supplies existed, and could grow its own food and raise livestock. Slave ships were cargo boats specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly captured African slaves. ...

Convicts were delivered to the transports from the hulks and gaols with no reference to skills, or fitness to contribute to the creation of the new colony. The first arrivals embarked on the transports at Woolwich and Gravesend in early January, and continued throughout the next three months. Gradually the ships made their way to Portsmouth, where the last convicts were loaded on the day the fleet sailed. Eventually the fleet set sails and moved off down the English Channel on 13 May 1787. , Woolwich town hall dates from when this was a borough in its own right. ... Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. ... For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ... For the Thoroughbred racehorse of the same name, see English Channel (horse). ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

A monument in Brighton-Le-Sands, Botany Bay in New South Wales commemorating the landing of the First Fleet. The monument has the names of most of those who arrived on the First Fleet. Gillen (see References) is more authoritative.

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The Voyage

With fine weather the convicts were allowed on deck, and on 3 June 1787 the fleet anchored at Santa Cruz at Tenerife. Here fresh water, vegetables and meat were taken on board. Phillip and the chief officers were entertained by the local governor, while one convict tried unsuccessfully to escape. On 10 June they set sail to cross the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro, taking advantage of favourable trade winds and ocean currents. is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2005 population 223,148) is a city on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. ... Flag of Tenerife Tenerife in the Canary Islands chain. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... Image:Atmospheric circulatlion. ...

The weather became increasingly hot and humid as the fleet sailed through the tropics. Vermin, such as rats, and parasites such as bedbugs, lice, cockroaches and fleas, tormented the convicts, officers and marines. Bilges became foul and the smell, especially below the closed hatches, was over-powering. On Alexander a number of convicts fell sick and died. Tropical rainstorms meant that the convicts could not exercise on deck, and were kept below in the foul, cramped holds. On the female transports, promiscuity between the convicts and the crew and marines was rampant. In the doldrums, Phillip was forced to ration the water to three pints a day. The bilge is the compartment at the bottom of the hull of a ship or boat where water collects so that it may be pumped out of the vessel at a later time. ... The doldrums is the low-pressure area around the equator where the prevailing winds are calm. ...

The fleet reached Rio de Janeiro on 5 August and stayed a month. The ships were cleaned and water taken on board, repairs were made, and Phillip ordered large quantities of food for the fleet. The women convicts’ clothing, which had become infested with lice, was burned, and the women were issued with new clothes made from rice sacks. While the convicts remained below deck, the officers explored the city and were entertained by its inhabitants. A convict and a marine were punished for passing forged quarter-dollars made from old buckles and pewter spoons. is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The fleet left Rio on 3 September to run before the westerlies to the Cape of Good Hope, where they arrived in mid October. This was the last port of call, so the main task was to stock up on plants, seeds and livestock for their arrival in Australia. The women convicts on Friendship were moved to other transports to make room for livestock purchased there. The convicts were provided with fresh beef and mutton, bread and vegetables, to build up their strength for the journey. The Dutch colony of Cape Town was the last outpost of European settlement which the fleet members would see for years, perhaps for the rest of their lives. “Before them stretched the awesome, lonely void of the Indian and Southern Oceans, and beyond that lay nothing they could imagine.” (Hughes, p.82) is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Westerlies are the prevailing winds in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles. ... For other uses, see Cape of Good Hope (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Spes Bona (Latin for Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Coordinates: , Country Province Municipality City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Founded 1652 Government [1]  - Type City council  - Mayor Helen Zille  - City manager Achmat Ebrahim Area  - Total 2,499 km² (964. ...

Assisted by the gales of the latitudes below the fortieth parallel, the heavily-laden transports surged through the violent seas. A freak storm struck as they began to head north around Van Diemen's Land, damaging the sails and masts of some of the ships. 1663 map of Van Diemens Land, showing the parts discovered by Tasman, including Storm Bay, Maria Island and Schouten Island. ...

In November, Phillip transferred to Supply. With Alexander, Friendship and Scarborough, the fastest ships in the Fleet and carrying most of the male convicts, Supply hastened ahead to prepare for the arrival of the rest. Phillip intended to select a suitable location, find good water, clear the ground, and perhaps even have some huts and other structures built before the others arrived. However, this "flying squadron" reached Botany Bay only hours before the rest of the Fleet, so no preparatory work was possible. The Supply reached Botany Bay on 18 January 1788; the three fastest transports in the advance group arrived on 19 January; slower ships, including the Sirius arrived on 20 January.^[1] For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

This was one of the world's greatest sea voyages — eleven vessels carrying about 1400 people and stores had traveled for 252 days for more than 15,000 miles (24,000 km) without losing a ship. Forty-eight people had died on the journey, a death rate of just over three per cent. Given the rigours of the voyage, the navigational problems, the poor condition and sea-faring inexperience of the convicts, the primitive medical knowledge, the lack of precautions against scurvy, the crammed and foul conditions of the ships, poor planning and inadequate equipment, this was a remarkable achievement.

It was soon realised that Botany Bay did not live up to the glowing account that Captain James Cook had given it in 1770. The bay was open and unprotected, fresh water was scarce, and the soil was poor. First contacts were made with the local indigenous people, the Eora, who seemed curious but suspicious of the newcomers. The area was studded with enormously strong trees. When the convicts tried to cut them down, their tools broke and the tree trunks had to be blasted out of the ground with gunpowder. The primitive huts built for the officers and officials quickly collapsed in rainstorms. The marines had a habit of getting drunk and not guarding the convicts properly, whilst their commander, Major Robert Ross, drove Phillip to despair with his arrogant and lazy attitude. Crucially, Phillip worried that his fledgling colony was exposed to attack from the Aborigines or foreign powers. This article is about the British explorer. ... First contact is a term used to describe a first meeting of two previously unknown cultures. ... Portrait of Bennelong, senior man of the Eora / Dharawal tribe The traditional owners of the inner Sydney City region of Australia are the Cadigal people. ... Major Robert Ross (c. ...

On 21 January, 2 days after he had arrived in Botany Bay, Phillip and a party which included John Hunter, departed the Bay in three small boats to explore other bays to the north. They soon found what they were looking for and the men returned on 23 January with news of a harbour to the north, with sheltered anchorages, fresh water and fertile soil. Phillip's impressions of the harbour were recorded in a letter he sent to England later. He wrote "the finest harbour in the world, in which a thousand sail of the line may ride in the most perfect security ...". This was Port Jackson, which Cook had seen and named, but not entered. A decision was made to relocate the party to this new site. is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Port Jackson (disambiguation). ...

The party was startled when two French ships came into sight and entered Botany Bay. This turned out to be a scientific expedition led by Jean-François de La Pérouse. The French group remained until 10 March, but never returned to France, being wrecked with the loss of nearly all lives near Vanikoro Island in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Lapérouse by François Rude (1784-1855), in 1828 Lapérouse Jean François Galaup, count (comte) de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741 - 1788) was a French naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania. ... is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Hebrides are an island group in the South Pacific that now form the nation of Vanuatu. ...

On 26 January 1788, the fleet weighed anchor and by evening had entered Port Jackson. The site selected for the anchorage had deep water close to the shore, was sheltered and had a small stream flowing into it. Phillip named it Sydney Cove, after Lord Sydney the British Home Secretary. This date is still celebrated as Australia Day, marking the beginnings of the first British settlement. is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sydney Cove is a small bay on the southern shore of Port Jackson (commonly but incorrectly called Sydney Harbour), on the coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Frognal House by George Shepherd appears in Thomas Irelands History of Kent published c. ... The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ... Anniversary Day redirects here. ...

Unknown to the first European arrivals, it was to be almost two and a half years before other ships arrived with their cargo of new convicts and provisions. These were Lady Juliana, shortly followed by the storeship Justinian and the three ships of the infamous Second Fleet. The Lady Juliana was the first convict ship to arrive at Port Jackson in New South Wales after the First Fleet. ... The Justinian was a storeship which carried provisions to the convict settlement at New South Wales. ... The Second Fleet refers to three convict ships which arrived at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson, New South Wales in June 1790. ...

Notable First Fleet members

Some of the notable First Fleet members were:

Officials

• Augustus Alt, surveyor
• Richard Johnson, chaplain

Crew members who remained in the colony August Theodore Henry Alt was (Born of Hanoverian parents during 1731, died 1815 in Parramatta, New South Wales) was a soldier and surveyor. ... The Reverend Richard Johnson (b. ...

• Arthur Phillip, governor
• Philip Gidley King, 2nd lieutenant, later lieutenant governor of Norfolk Island, and 3rd governor of the colony
• John Hunter, captain of Sirius, later 2nd governor of the colony
• John Palmer purser of the Sirius, later Commissary of the colony
• Henry Lidgbird Ball, captain of Supply
• John White, principal surgeon
• George Bouchier Worgan, surgeon
• Thomas Arndell, assistant surgeon, later settler
• William Balmain, assistant surgeon, later principal surgeon
• Arthur Bowes Smyth, assistant surgeon, author of journal
• Dennis Considen, assistant surgeon
• Thomas Jamison, surgeon's mate, later settler and Surgeon-General of New South Wales
• Henry Brewer, clerk to Phillip, provost marshal, administrator
• Henry Hacking, quartermaster, later settler, explorer
• George Raper, midshipman, notable illustrator
• John Barton Cooney,navigator, map drawer

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• Major Robert Ross, commander, later lieutenant governor of Norfolk Island
• 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Clark, author of journal
• Captain David Collins, judge advocate, later commandant of first settlement at Hobart
• Lieutenant William Dawes, engineer, surveyor, humanitarian
• Lieutenant George Johnston, later commander of NSW Corps
• Captain Watkin Tench, author of journal
• Lieutenant William Bradley, author of journal, water colourist
• Private William Tunks, farmer, landowner and member of the NSW Corp
• Master's Mate John Shortland

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• Esther Abrahams, partner and wife of George Johnston
• John Baughan, carpenter, mill owner, attacked by NSW Corps
• Jacob Bellett, landowner at Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land
• James Bloodworth, brickmaker & builder and Sarah Bellamy, pioneer family
• Mary Bryant (see Mary Braund) and William Bryant, escapees from colony
• John Caesar, Madagascan, absconder
• Margaret Dawson, de facto relationship with William Balmain
• Matthew James Everingham, landowner
• Edward Garth and Susannah Gough/Garth, pioneer family
• Ann Inett, de facto relationship with Philip Gidley King
• Nathaniel Lucas and Olive Gascoigne, pioneer family
• Henry Kable/Cabell, constable, landowner (subject of Peter Bellamy's The Transports), and Susannah Holmes
• Joshua Peck, landowner
• Charles Peat and Ann Mullins, pioneer family
• James Ruse, farmer and landowner
• Robert Sidaway, theatre owner, landholder
• James Squire, brewer and grandfather of Premier James Farnell
• Elizabeth Thackery, last-known female survivor of the First Fleet; said to have been the first ashore at Botany Bay
• Ellen Wainwright, alias Esther Eccles. 6th maternal Great Grandmother of Hon Shane L. Stone AC QC. Former Chief Minister of Australia's Northern Territory and Federal President of the Country Liberal Party of Australia.

Many other convicts made significant contributions to the early years of the colony, but few are remembered today, except by their descendants. Esther Abrahams was a Jewish Londoner who was found guilty of theft, and transported to Australia as punishment in 1787. ... John Baughan (b. ... Mary Bryant (1765 - ?) was a Cornish convict sent to Australia. ... Mary Bryant (1765 - ?) was an Australian convict known for making a well planned escape. ... John Caesar (1764 – February 15, 1796), nicknamed Black Caesar, was the first Australian bushranger and one of the first black people to arrive during British colonization of the continent as a penal colony. ... Margaret Dawson (c1770-1816 was a convict on the First Fleet sent from Britain to New South Wales in 1787. ... Matthew James Everingham (1769–25 December 1817) was a convict transported to Australia aboard the First Fleet. ... This article lacks information on the subject matters importance. ... Henry Kable (1763-1846), was born in Laxfield, Norfolk, England. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Transports was a folk-opera written by Peter Bellamy and released on Free Reed Records in 1977. ... This article is about the Australian farmer. ... The Rev. ... James Squire Farnell (Born St Leonards, June 25, 1825; Died Petersham, August 21, 1888). ... Elizabeth Thackery of Manchester, Lancashire was an English convict tried on May 4, 1786, and sentenced to seven years transportion for the theft of five handkerchiefs to a value of one shilling. ... For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ... Shane Stone is an Australian political figure. ... Insignia of a Companion of the Order of Australia. ... For information about The Times satire Queens Counsel, see Queens Counsel (comic strip). ... For similar terms, see Northern Territories (disambiguation) Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004... In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties. ...

References and notes

• Gillen, Mollie, The Founders of Australia: a Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet, Sydney, Library of Australian History, 1989. (ISBN 0908120699)
• Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. (ISBN 0908120516)
• Hughes, Robert, The Fatal Shore, London, Pan, 1988. (ISBN 0330298925)

Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO, (born July 28, 1938), who is usually known as Robert Hughes, is an art critic, writer and television documentary maker. ... The Fatal Shore, by Robert Hughes, published 1987, is a history of Britains settlement of Australia as a penal colony. ...

Fiction

• Colleen McCullough, Morgan's Run, ISBN 0-09-928098-1.
• Timberlake Wertenbaker, Our Country's Good, ISBN 0-413-73740-3
• Thomas Keneally, The Playmaker, ISBN 0-340-42263-7
• William Stuart Long, The Exiles, ISBN
• William Stuart Long, The Settlers, ISBN
• William Stuart Long, The Traitors, ISBN 0 86824 021 4

Colleen McCullough (born 1 June 1937) is an internationally acclaimed Australian author. ... Timberlake Wertenbaker ) is a British playwright and translator who was born in New York City and was raised in France. ... Our Countrys Good is a play written in 1988 by British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally. ... Thomas Michael Keneally AO (born October 7, 1935) also Tom Keneally, is an Australian novelist. ... Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys and former broadcaster for ESPNs NFL Countdown. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... This article is about the computer game. ...

See also

• History of Australia
• Convicts on the First Fleet
• Ships of the First Fleet
• Second Fleet (Australia)
• Third Fleet (Australia)

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References

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External links

• Homepage of the "First Fleet Fellowship" include drawings of all ships of the fleet
• Complete list of the convicts of the First Fleet
• Searchable database of First Fleet convicts
• The First Fleet - State Library of NSW
• An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, available at Project Gutenberg.
• The Voyage Of Governor Phillip To Botany Bay, available at Project Gutenberg.