The First Fleet

1. Who travelled

1.1. between 1000 and 1500 convicts, marines, seamen, civil officers adn free people

1.2. majority British, some African, American and French convitcts

1.3. Convicts commited a number of different crimes - theft, perjury, fraud, assault and robbery

1.4. 582 men convicts

1.5. 193 women convicts

1.6. 14 children convits

1.7. Convicts

2. The journey

2.1. Reasons

2.2. Experiences after travel

2.3. most convicts were well behaved

2.3.1. were they happy to be travelling to Australia?

2.4. hot and humid in the tropics

2.5. some convicts got sick and died

2.5.1. would they be worried about this?

2.6. they stopped in rio de janeiro to clean the ships and stock up

3. Reason for the journey

3.1. Create a penal colony in Australia

4. First fleet

4.1. 11 ships

4.2. left England 13 May 1787

4.3. 2 royal navy vessels, three store ships, six convict transports

4.4. journey took 252 days

4.5. arrived Botany Bay 20th January 1788