Journals of the First Fleet
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journals-of-the-first-fleet-178-11144166
title:
Journals of the First Fleet
text:
There are 20 known contemporary accounts of the First Fleet made by people sailing in the fleet, including journals and letters. The eleven ships of the fleet, carrying over 1,000 convicts, soldiers and seamen, left England on 13 May 1787 and arrived in Botany Bay between 18 and 20 January 1788 before relocating to Port Jackson to establish the first European settlement in Australia, a penal colony which became Sydney. At least 12 people on the fleet kept a journal of their experiences, some of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Contemporary accounts of the European settlement in Australia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journals_of_the_First_Fleet
date created:
2013-11-07T01:18:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T01:05:03Z
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16