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Portsmouth, England
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. -
Lizard Point, England
The people of the first Fleet take in their Last Sight of England on their journey through the unknown, -
Canary Islands
Reaches Canary Islands and docks at Santa Cruz,Teneriffe. They stayed there a week and took on supplies of fresh food. -
Departs Canary Islands
After a week of docking and resupplying they move on, with their journey. -
Cape Verde Islands
Passes Cape Verde Islands but is unable to land. -
Cape Verde Islands
Passes Cape Verde for another day. -
Crosses the equator
The FIrst fleet passes down into the southern Hemisphere -
Brazil
Reaches islands at entrance to port of Rio de Janeiro -
Rio de Janeiro
Stayed for a month repairing sails, collecting plants and seeds to be grown in New South Wales. -
Rio de Janeiro
After a month the fleet Departs from Rio de Janeiro -
Cape of Good Hope sighted
Reached Table Bay (now CapeTown), Cape of Good Hope after surviving tremendous storms in the Atlantic Ocean. -
Table Bay. Cape Town
Anchors in Table Bay, (Cape Town) for supplies, Stayed a month, and took on livestock (horses, sheep, goats). -
Depart Table Bay
After a Month The fleet moves on. -
HMS
HMS supply and three other ships move ahead of the convoy to become and advance party -
Indian Ocean
The fleet arrive in the middle of the Indian Ocean -
Adventure Bay
Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). First sighting of the south of Van Diemen'sland -
Botany Bay
Arrived at Botany Bay after sailing south of Van Diemen's Land.HMS supply arrives in Botnay Bay. -
Botnay Bay
Entire fleet have now arrived in Botnay Bay -
Settlement
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. -
Port Jackson
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.
