First_Fleet First_Fleet

First Fleet - Definition and Overview
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The First Fleet was the fleet of sailing ships that brought the original settlers and convicts to Australia from England. Captain Arthur Phillip led the fleet out of Portsmouth, England on May 13, 1787, with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia. On January 26, 1788, they established the first European settlement on the continent at Sydney Cove (now the site of the city of Sydney) in Port Jackson after Phillip decided that Botany Bay was not suitable for settlement due to a lack of fresh water. The first fleet consisted of the following ships:

  • H.M.S. Supply
  • H.M.S. Sirius
  • Alexander
  • Borrowdale
  • Charlotte
  • Fishburn
  • Friendship
  • Golden Grove
  • Lady Penrhyn
  • Prince Of Wales
  • Scarborough

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