First Fleet Timeline - Bec Mullins

  • Captain Phillip leaves England

    Captain Phillip leaves England

    Portsmouth, England. First Fleet leaves England under command of Captian Phillip.
  • Lizard Point, England

    Lizard Point, England

    Last Sight Of England
  • Canary Islands

    Canary Islands

    Reaches Canary Islands and Docks at Santa Cruz, Tenneriffe
  • Canary Islands

    Canary Islands

    Departs Canary Islands
  • 18-20 Cape Verde Islands

    18-20 Cape Verde Islands

    Cape Verde Islands Passes Cape Verde IslandsBut Is Unable To Land
  • Equator

    Equator

    Crosses The Equator
  • Brazil

    Brazil

    Reaches Islands at Entrance to Port of Rio de Janeiro
  • Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro docks at Rio de Janeiro To Take On Supplies
  • Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro

    Departs Rio de Janeiro
  • Good Hope

    Good Hope

    Cape Of Good Hope Sighted
  • Table Bay, Cape Town

    Table Bay, Cape Town

    Anchors in Table Bay,Cape Town for Supplies
  • Table Bay

    Table Bay

    Departs Table Bay
  • Van Diemen's Land

    Van Diemen's Land

    First sighting of the south of Van Diemen's Land
  • Botany Bay

    Botany Bay

    Botany Bay HMS supply arrives in Botany Bay
  • Botany Bay

    Botany Bay

    Entire Fleet is now in Botany Bay
  • Captain Phillip and Captain Hunter

    Captain Phillip and Captain Hunter

    Captain Phillip and Captain Hunter go north to find a more suitable settlement site because of lack of fresh water
  • Port Jackson

    Port Jackson

    Entire fleet anchors in Port Jackson
  • HMS Supply

    HMS Supply

    HMS Supply and three other ships move ahead of the convoy to become an advance party