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The First Fleet is the name given to the eleven ships that sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 (consisting of 10 civil officers, 212 Marines, including officers, additional 28 wives and 17 children of the marines, 81 free persons, 504 male convicts and 192 female convicts; total free persons: 348, prisoners: 696; total 1044), to establish the first European colony in Australia, in the region which Captain Cook had named New South Wales. Orders-in-Council for establishing the colony were Issued in London on 6 December 1785. The fleet was led by Captain (later Admiral) Arthur Phillip. The ships arrived at Botany Bay between 18 and 20 January 1788. HMS Supply arrived on 18 January; Alexander, Scarborough and Friendship arrived on 19 January, and the remaining ships on 20 January. On 7 February 1788, after his commission as Governor was read, Phillip addressed some words to the first settlers.
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| Complete list of the convicts of the First Fleet Complete list of the convicts of the First Fleet www.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/dps/1stflt.htm - Web |
| Searchable database of First Fleet convicts Searchable database of First Fleet convicts firstfleet.uow.edu.au/search.html - Web |
| The First Fleet - State Library of NSW The First Fleet - State Library of NSW library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/X?first%20fleet - Web |
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