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The first fleet sets off
The 11 ships left England carrying 780 convicts and 570 free settlers. -
First fleet arrives in Botany bay
The group sent ashore were not impressed by what they saw however so the fleet moved to port jackson and later Sydney cove. -
The second fleet arrives
This Fleet carried only convicts as passengers. The fleet consisted of 6 ships. The ship Guardia arrived on the 12th of september 1789. The ship Lady Juliana arrived on 3rd of June 1790. The ships Suprise, Neptune, Justinian and Scarbourgh arrived January 19 1790. -
Third fleet arrives
This fleet also only carried Convicts as passengers. In this fleet there were 11 ships. There were over 2000 convicts in this fleet. The first of these ships to arrive was the Mary Ann on July 9th 1791. -
First settlement on the island state
This settlement was made at Risdon when 5o convicts and men landed there but it was abandoned by 1904 an replaced with a settlement at Hobart with 178 convicts in total. -
Hobart is established
260 people lived there, which included 178 convicts. -
The First tasmanian settlement is abandoned
The site at Risdon is abandoned -
Convicts are sent to hobart
This continued untill 1853, in this time 67 000 convicts were sent there. -
Port Arthur opens
However at the moment it was a small timber mill that grew over time. Convicts began to arrive in the 1840's. -
Rottnest penal colony is established
However the first convicts did not arrive untill a year later, 43 ships bought 9720 convicts to the colony between the years of 1850 and 1868. -
The Model prison is completed at Port Arthur
Many prisoners at this prison went insane as they could not speak to anybody or hear anything for 23 hours a day. Even during exersize time they were made to wear masks so they couldnt see each other. -
Van Diemens land is renamed Tasmania
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Last convicts arrive at rottnest
269 convicts arrive at Rottnest on the ship Huogomont.