The First Fleet!
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What was the First Fleet
When did they leave
Who was on the First Fleet
Deaths and Births
Questions
The Convicts
Mary Bryant
Settlement
The Different Ships
Questions
What was the first fleet!
• The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships
which sailed from Great Britain to Australia (back
then known as New Holland) to establish the first
European colony in New South Wales.
• They carried Convicts onboard the ships, they
were sentenced to labor in Australia.
• Some would be there for 4 years others would
be there for the rest of there life.
When did they leave!
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May 1787:The 11 ships left
Portsmouth, England on Sunday
13 May 1787 under the command
of Captain Arthur Phillip RN.
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June 1787: the first port of call
was the town called Santa Cruz
on the Cannery Islands.
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August1787: They reached Rio de
Janeiro
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October 1787: They reached
Cape of Good Hope, this was their
final civilized port of call.
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January 1788: The Fleet finally
reached Botany Bay, Australia.
Captain Arthur Phillips
Who left and arrived!
• Embarked at
Portsmouth
• Officials and passengers:
15
• Ships' crews: 323
• Marines: 444
• Marines wives and
children: 46
• Convicts (males): 582
• Convicts (females): 193
• Convicts' children: 14
• Total embarked: 1420
• Disembarked at Port
Jackson
• Officials and passengers:
14
• Ships' crews: 306
• Marines: 245
• Marines wives and
children: 54
• Convicts (males): 543
• Convicts (females): 189
• Convicts' children: 22
• Total landed: 1373
Deaths and Births!
• Deaths:
• 69 people either died,
were discharged or
sometimes they were
even deserted.
• 61 males
• 8 females.
• Births:
• During the entire
Voyage there was 22
births in total.
• 13 males
• 9 females
Questions
Q1. What was the maximum time a convict was sentenced
to labor in Australia?
Q2. In what month did they finally reach Botany Bay,
Australia?
Q3. What was the Total amount of people that embarked
on the trip to Australia?
Q4. How many females died on the way to Australia?
Q5. How many births were there in total, on the way to
Australia?
The Convicts!
• On the six ships that were carrying convicts, the total amount of
convicts was approximately 775.
• Some convicts died on the way to Australia.
• There was also convicts kids on board these boats.
• Convicts were housed below decks on the prison deck and often
further confined behind bars.
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In many cases the convicts were restrained in chains and were only
allowed on deck for fresh air and exercise.
• Conditions were cramped and they slept in hammocks.
• The Convicts were made to work hard doing labor everyday, when
they got to Australia.
• If they weren't doing what they were meant to be doing, the convicts
would get lashes across there backs. Even up to 100 at one time.
Mary Bryant!
• Mary Bryant is a very famous convict (you may have seen the short
TV series).
• She was born Mary Broad in Cornwell, England.
• Quite a few years later Mary was convicted for petty thievery and
was sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia.
• Mary Broad was in the ship Charlotte, which is where she had her
first child, daughter named Charlotte (after the ship). This was also
the place she met her husband to be (William Bryant).
• When Mary got to Australia she married William Bryant (Feb 10
1788). A bit later on there life together, they had a son called
Emanuel.
• After a few years on Australia, William made a plan to escape from
the island. He managed to get his hands on a boat, then on a night
that he knew all the boats that could case them would be gone they
escaped.
Mary Bryant!
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They sailed out during the night with 8 crew members to help the Bryant
family.
They managed to get to a place called Kupang in Timor. They claimed to be
ship wreck sailors. This story held out for a while.
But they were later found to be British convicts. They were found because
William became drunk and blabbed.
The family and crew members were sent back to Britain so it didn’t become
international incident.
On the way back to Britain for there Trial, Mary’s Husband and first born
child perished because of Fever, and later the older child died as well.
So Mary and the Crewmembers were only left to stand trial.
Mary Bryant had to do an additional year in prison but was then Pardoned in
May 1793.
• That is the amazing true story of Mary Bryant.
Settlement!
• When the first fleet first arrived at Botany Bay they deemed it
unsuitable for settlement.
• So they moved and settled at Port Jackson.
• Most of the convicts didn’t know how to farm.
• In the beginning everyone had to be on rationed food including
Captain Phillip.
• They had very little building material, so shelter was a problem. The
tools the government had given them, were really weak and got
broken very easily.
• Once they started to get crops growing, buildings made, and villages
formed they moved and settled in other places.
Convict Ships!
Scarborough
Friendship
Charlotte
Lady Penrhyn
Prince of Wales
Alexander
The other 5 Ships!
Sirius: A naval
escort ship
Supply: A naval
escort ship
Golden Grove
These three ships
were Store ships.
Fishburn
Borrowdale
Questions!
Q1. How many convicts traveled to Australia?
Q2. How many kids did Mary Bryant Have?
Q3. Where did they settle instead of Botany Bay?
Q4. How many convict ships were there?
Q5. Name 3 of the ships.
Bibliography!
• http://members.optushome.com.au/guthrig
g/conships2.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bryant
• http://home.vicnet.net.au/~firstff/story.htm
• http://www.ulladulla.info/historian/ffstory.ht
ml
• http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/conv
icts/ships.html