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4 unusual facts about First Fleet


Emancipist

He was sentenced to "seven years beyond the seas," and was sent on one of the First Fleet transport.

First Fleet

James Talbot, The Thief Fleet, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4699148-2-4

James Bloodsworth

In 1788 Bloodsworth was sent to New South Wales (Australia) in the First Fleet in the Charlotte and was immediately appointed master bricklayer in the settlement at Sydney Cove.

Robert Sidaway

Robert Sidaway (14 January 1758 – 13 October 1809), a convict of the First Fleet, was transported to Australia for stealing in 1788.


1788 in Great Britain

26 January - Eleven ships of First Fleet from Botany Bay led by Arthur Phillip land in what would become Sydney, Australia.

1790 in Australia

3 June – The Lady Juliana arrives in Port Jackson – the first ship to land on Australian soil since the First Fleet.

Fifer

Some fifers, as part of the fife-and-drum corps that accompanied Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet, were present at important national historical events, such as the reading of the Governor's Commission on 2 February 1788 at Sydney Cove.

Grevillea

The timber from which the veneer was made, referred to as 'beef wood', was sent from Port Jackson by Surgeon-General John White, who arrived in the new penal colony of Australia with the First Fleet.

Hyde Park, Sydney

Seven Arab horses taken on board the First Fleet at the Cape Colony (now South Africa) were the first horses to be brought to Australia.

John Christian Vaughan

Among his other credits, he is the national spokesperson for the Australian National Flag Association and was employed as an expert commentator by Channel 7 for the First Fleet re-enactment during the Australian Bicentenary in 1988.

Josiah Wedgwood

Commemorating the landing of the First Fleet in Botany Bay, the Sydney Cove medallion was made by Josiah Wedgwood after he was given a sample of clay from Sydney Cove by Sir Joseph Banks, who had received the sample from Governor Arthur Phillip.

Macarthur Girls High School

The school is located on an area of land first granted to William Reid (a seaman-convict from the Sirius, the first ship of the First Fleet to enter Sydney Harbour in 1788).

Shortland, New South Wales

It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area and was named after Lt. John Shortland, master's mate of the Sirius, the escorting vessel to the First Fleet.

Sophia Campbell

Her brother John Palmer was bringing his family to settle permanently in New South Wales, and had previously come to Sydney in 1788 as Purser on the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet.


see also

Diamond D-Jet

On November 9, 2006, at the AOPA Expo in Palm Springs, California, USA, Diamond announced that ATP Flight School (ATP) placed the first fleet order of 20 Diamond D-JETs.

Jacob Nagle

The ships of the First Fleet subsequently moved up the New South Wales coastline, under the direction of Captain Arthur Phillip, soon finding refuge in a splendid harbour which would become known as Port Jackson.

Lombok Institute of Flight Technology

LIFT purchased its first fleet of six Liberty XL2 flight training aircraft from Liberty Aerospace Corporation in Melbourne, Florida, in 2010 and shipped them to Johor Baru to be later ferried to Lombok.

Revesby, New South Wales

George Johnston, an officer of marines who had arrived on the First Fleet was granted land in this area in 1804.

Skeppar Olofs Gränd

He is historically known as one of the leading figures in the organisation of the first fleet of the Swedish Navy, both as a master shipbuilder and as a naval commander.

William Balmain

(Thomas Jamison, a former colleague of Balmain's on the First Fleet and on Norfolk Island, replaced him as Principal Surgeon of New South Wales.)