From Terra Australis to Australia
The Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy escort ships, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply. They accompanied six convict transports, the Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales and the Scarborough, and three store ships, the Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove. Then, from Portsmouth the First Fleet travelled via Tenerife and Rio de Janeiro to the Cape of Good Hope, the Fleet's last port of call before striking out for Terra Australis. Explore Tales from the First Fleet and read first-hand accounts of the experiences of some of those who travelled south to Botany Bay. The Fleet arrived first in Botany Bay on 18 January. Then on 26 January, the Fleet arrived at a new anchorage at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson. Today this date is still celebrated as Australia Day, marking the beginnings of European settlement.
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Convicts and the British colonies in Australia
Augustus Earle (1793-1838), A government jail gang, Sydney, N S Wales, 1830. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia:nla.pic-an6065451. A penal colony On 18 January 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay, which Joseph Banks had declared suitable for a penal colony after he returned from a journey there in 1770. Captain Arthur Phillip, the fleet's commander, brought a small party of marines and seamen ashore, but found the location unsuitable because the harbour was unsafe and the area lacked fresh water. The fleet then relocated to Port Jackson. After moving further into the harbour, on 26 January 1788 Phillip raised the British flag at Sydney Cove. 751 convicts and their children disembarked, along with 252 marines and their families. Two more convict fleets arrived in 1790 and 1791, and the first free settlers arrived in 1793. Twenty per cent of these first convicts were women. Convict labour The discipline of rural labour was seen to be the best chance of reform. Victoria
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Skip to main content a3461012h.jpg The State Library's First Fleet Collection includes journals, letters, drawings, maps and charts created by those who actually travelled with the First Fleet of British ships to Australia. It is one of the Library’s most significant and valuable collections. These powerful eyewitness accounts not only tell us about how the British viewed Port Jackson and its inhabitants, they also record the hopes and ambitions of the First Fleeters, their feelings of homesickness and despair, along with detailed descriptions of the unfamiliar natural environment. These observations also provide a glimpse into the Indigenous communities living in the Port Jackson area. Explore the maps and artworks depicting the establishment of the British colony in New South Wales. a604004h.jpg Zoomable visual content. About this item: William Bradley - Drawings from his journal `A Voyage to New South Wales', 1802+ a3461011h.jpg a604006h.jpg Previous Next Story From Terra Australis to Australia
Convict Records of Australia
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