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Saild from Portsmouth England
There were eleven ships in the first fleet and about 1500 people altogether 722 convicts including 17 child convicts , the soldiers who were to guard them, soldiers' wives, sailors, and ship's officers. -
arriving at Tenerife in the Canary islands
stay one week and got some fresh food supplies. -
Crossed the equator
Crossed the equator -
arrived at Rio De Janeiro
stayed for a month repairing sails -
reached Table Bay (now Cape Town)
surviving tremendes storms -
middle of the Indian Ocean
middle of the Indian Ocean -
arrived at adventure Bay Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania)
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arrived at Botany Bay
north of van Diemens land -
went ashore at Port Jackson
members of the first went ashore at Port Jackson