Australian colonial history

By Tom Stutch

  • The First fleet

    The First fleet
    On May, 13, 1787 The first fleet of military soldiers, sailors, and convicts set sail from Portsmouth, England to find Australia, Botany Bay.

  • The second fleet

    The second fleet
    On June 1790 the Lady Juliana was the first ship of the Second fleet to arrive. Instead of bringing relief, the second fleet carried a cargo of sick convicts. Hundreds had dies during the voyage. Luckily, a supply ship arrived two weeks later.