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Photograph of a wooden model depicting a First Fleet ship.

Charlotte

Ship size length: 32 metres (105 feet); width: 8.5 metres (28 feet); weight: 343 tonnes (338 tons)

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First Fleet ships

At the time of the First Fleet’s voyage there were some 12,000 British commercial and naval ships plying the world’s oceans

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Jane Scott and daughter Elizabeth

Around 32 marine wives and 24 of their children made the journey, including Jane Scott, the wife of Sergeant James Scott

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John Easty

Private John Easty was one of 213 marines selected for a term of three years’ service in the colony

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Photograph of a wooden model depicting a First Fleet ship.

Prince of Wales

Length: 31.3 metres (103 feet); width: 8.8 metres (29 feet); weight: 356 tonnes (350 tons)

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David Collins

As secretary to the governor and judge advocate for all legal affairs, he was witness to some of the most important events of the new settlement

  • First Fleet
Colour illustration of group of boys.

John Hudson

Described as ‘sometimes a chimney sweeper’, John Hudson was the youngest known convict to sail with the First Fleet

  • Convicts
  • Convict transportation
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Photograph of a wooden model depicting a First Fleet ship.

Friendship

Length: 22.9 metres (75 feet); width: 7 metres (23 feet); weight: 282 tonnes (278 tons)

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  • Learning

Richard Johnson

Reverend Richard Johnson accompanied the First Fleet to provide moral guidance to the inhabitants of the fledgling colony

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Mary Bryant

Mary Bryant was the first convict to successfully escape the colony of New South Wales and return to Britain

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