-
Period: to
First Fleet
-
First Fleet Departs
11 Ships left Great Britain set sail to Australia to establish a settlement. -
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
-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
-didn't like the conditions
-decided to move because there wasn't enough fresh water -
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
-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
-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
