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The First Fleet Leaves England Under command of Captain Phillip. There were eleven small ships in the First Fleet: two naval ships, six convict ships and three storeships for supplies.Captain Arthur Phillip was in charge of the fleet. Onboard were about 1500 people there were 722 convicts including 17 child convicts, the soldiers who were to guard them, the soldiers' wives, sailors, and ship's officers.
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The people of the first Fleet take in their Last Sight of England on their journey through the unknown,
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Reaches Canary Islands and docks at Santa Cruz,Teneriffe. They stayed there a week and took on supplies of fresh food.
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After a week of docking and resupplying they move on, with their journey.
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Passes Cape Verde Islands but is unable to land.
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Passes Cape Verde for another day.
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The FIrst fleet passes down into the southern Hemisphere
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Reaches islands at entrance to port of Rio de Janeiro
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Stayed for a month repairing sails, collecting plants and seeds to be grown in New South Wales.
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After a month the fleet Departs from Rio de Janeiro
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Reached Table Bay (now CapeTown), Cape of Good Hope after surviving tremendous storms in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Anchors in Table Bay, (Cape Town) for supplies, Stayed a month, and took on livestock (horses, sheep, goats).
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After a Month The fleet moves on.
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HMS supply and three other ships move ahead of the convoy to become and advance party
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The fleet arrive in the middle of the Indian Ocean
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Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). First sighting of the south of Van Diemen'sland
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Arrived at Botany Bay after sailing south of Van Diemen's Land.HMS supply arrives in Botnay Bay.
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Entire fleet have now arrived in Botnay Bay
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It was decided that Botany Bay was not a suitable site for the settlement because water supply and soils were poor. Captain Phillip and Captain Hunter go north to find a more suitable settlement site.
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The members of the First Fleet went ashore at Port Jackson to start a settlement.The entire fleet anchors. Arthur Phillip named the place of landing Sydney Cove, after Lord Sydney, an official who had helped to organise the voyage. The adventurous journey ends.
