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Sailed from Portsmouth, England.
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: 722 convicts including 17 child convicts, the soldiers who were to guard them, soldier's wives, sailors, and ship's officers. -
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The first fleet
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Arrived at Tenerrife in the Canary Islands.
Stayed a week and took on supplies of fresh food. -
Crossed the Equator.
Crossed the Equator. -
Arrived at Rio de Janeiro.
Stayed for a week repairing sails,collecting plants and seeds to be grown in New South Wales. -
Reached Table Bay (now Cape Town).
Cape of Hope after surviving tremendous storms in the Atlantic Ocean. Stayed a month, and took on livestock (horses, sheep, goats). -
The Fleet was in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
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Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
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Arrived at Botany Bay after sailing south of Van Diemen's Land, then north to New South Wales.
It was decided that Botany Bay was not a sutable site for settelment because water supplies and soils were poor. The Fleet sailed on. -
The members of the First Fleet went ashore at Port Jackson to start a settlement.
Arthur Phillip named the place of landing Sydney Cove, after Lord Sydney, an official who had helped organise the voyage
