The convicts on the First Fleet were predominantly British.
About three dozen convicts were Scottish, and nine convicts were Welsh. Australia's first bushranger, John 'Black' Caesar, was a former black slave believed to be from Madagascar, who was convicted of stealing in London and sent on the First Fleet.
Later fleets to Australia had more nationalities represented, including a greater concentration of Irish convicts.
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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
A full list of the convicts in the First Fleet is detailed on a series of plaques in the Darling Harbour precinct near the end of the walkway past the submarine. The First Fleet consisted of 11 ships carrying 1,487 people. This included - * 759 convicts * 13 children of convicts * 252 marines, wives and children * 20 officials * 210 Royal Navy seamen * 233 merchantmen ---- A list of names of the actual convicts on the First Fleet can be found at the website link below.
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.
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.
There were 180 female convicts on the First Fleet.
Yes. There were 192 female convicts on the First Fleet.
The convicts on the First Fleet were only given water to drink.
They walked on
The prisoners on the First Fleet were known as convicts.
The First Fleet carried convicts and their military guards, the first free settlers came later and were not convicts
A full list of the convicts in the First Fleet is detailed on a series of plaques in the Darling Harbour precinct near the end of the walkway past the submarine. The First Fleet consisted of 11 ships carrying 1,487 people. This included - * 759 convicts * 13 children of convicts * 252 marines, wives and children * 20 officials * 210 Royal Navy seamen * 233 merchantmen ---- A list of names of the actual convicts on the First Fleet can be found at the website link below.
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.
The Fishburn was a storeship. It carried no convicts.
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At mealtimes.
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.