The First Fleet

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    First Fleet

  • First Fleet Departs

    First Fleet Departs
    11 Ships left Great Britain set sail to Australia to establish a settlement.
  • Rio 2nd stop

    Rio 2nd stop
    -spent 1 month in Rio
    -convicts stayded on ships becalmed in the harbour
    -supplies were provided
    -flowers on trees and shrubs all round the city
    -multi coloured butterflies, monkeys, Macaws and other coloured birds
    -Orchestras and bands played lively music
    -Surgeon White showed doctors a new method of amputating
    -boats had to be repaired
    -Phillip tried to make sure convicts had fruit, clean air and exercise to keep them healthy
    - twenty-one gun salute
  • Capetown 3rd stop

    Capetown 3rd stop
    -rough sailing and weather from Rio to Capetown.
    -navigators found it hard to find to know were they were going
    -when the fleet struggled into capetown sheep, cows, pigs and horses were hoisted aboard and put below decks
    -1 month in Capetown
    -officers climbed table mountain, collected butterflies and plants
    -thirteen gun salutes
    -to get enough bread, grain, seed, meat, animals and water
    -After a month at Capetown, the first fleet set sail for Botany Bay for ten weeks of sailing.
  • Botany Bay 4th stop

    Botany Bay 4th stop
    -didn't like the conditions
    -decided to move because there wasn't enough fresh water
  • Port Jackson Last Stop

    Port Jackson Last Stop
    -Phillip became govener
    -ceromony Phillip naming new land Sydney Cove
    -Phillip mapped plan for tents
    -carefully separate officers, marines and male and female convicts
    -harsh punishments for anyone broke law
    -Phillip put good covicts in charge of naughty convicts
    -hospital tent set up
    -conditions in the tent was poor
    -there were not even sheets or blankets for patients
    -settlers shocked by new environment
    -less than week arrival, violent storm shook
  • Early Colony

    Early Colony
    -well-behaved convicts had their irons removed
    -convicts flogged for running away
    -each convicts given set of tools shovel, spade and hoe, clear land and plant food
    -many convicts didn't want to work
    -most convicts came from cities, had little or no experience using tools or farming
    -women and children lacked proper clothing
    -Phillip encouraged convicts to marry
    -only problem was, there were not enough women in colony
  • Meeting The Eora People

    Meeting The Eora People
    -Captain Phillip was instructed to live in peace with the aboriginals
    -Enlish and Eora curious about each other
    -respect land taking only what needed
    - Eora shocked english start clearing land
    -Eora suprised harsh punishments given to convicts
    -everything about newcomers strange and different to Eora
    -English felt superior to eora