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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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The people aboard the first fleet were predominantly British with some Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.

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