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There were 180 female convicts on the First Fleet.
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
The First Fleet carried the first group of convicts to Australia. It was followed later by the Second and Third fleets, but after that, shiploads of convicts sailed independently or in pairs.
There was no Queen of the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried convicts and marines to New South Wales.
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.