First Fleet

Who arrived on the First Fleet?

• Aboriginals
• British convicts, seamen, civil officers and free people
• Captain Cook
• Dinosaurs

How man ships where in the First Fleet?

• 3
• 25
• 11
• 108

When did the First Fleet leave Portsmouth, England for Australia?

• 13 May 2016
• 14 May 1887
• 31 May 1788
• 13 May 1787

Where did the First Fleet settle in New South Wales?

• Botany Bay
• Sydney Cove
• Sorrento
• Torquay

Why were convicts sent to Australia?

• America refused to take convicts
• Prisons overcrowded
• Australia was 'Terra Nullius'
• All of the above

Alternate punishment to hanging for sentences over 7 years

• Prison hulk

• Navigation

• Transportation

• Larceny

What date did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?

• 25 February, 1786
• 12th September, 2016
• 31st January, 1788
• 26th January, 1788

What kind of ship was the Friendship ship?

• Convict transport
• Supply transport
• Navy ship
• Elephant transport

Which other country did the First Fleet stop at on the way to Australia?

• Antarctica
• France
• America
• South Africa

After ________ independence in 1776, Britain needed a new place to send convicts.

• Canadian
• American
• Indian
• African