The First Fleet were 11 British ships which transported a group of settlers to mainland Australia, marking the beginning of the European colonisation of Australia.It consisted of two Royal Navy …

Jan 18, 2025 · It is estimated that in 1788 when the First Fleet landed on the shores of what is now Botany Bay, over 750,000 Aboriginal people inhabited Australia. The continent was not …

The first act of land ownership by Europeans came within four days of arrival when a group of men from the HMS Sirius went ashore to clear land to gain access to fresh water. By 26 …

The fleet was made up of 11 ships carrying convicts from Britain to Australia. Their arrival changed forever the lives of the Eora people, the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land in …

Jan 23, 2025 · The First Fleet’s arrival forever changed the lives of Aboriginal people. British settlement brought violent conflict, displacement, exile and devastating diseases such as …

Sep 6, 2023 · The arrival of the First Fleet changed forever the lives of Australia’s first peoples – the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. British settlement brought with it violent …

Within only 20 years of Cook’s first sighting of Sydney, the peaceful way of life of the local Aboriginal people was to turn into a nightmare of war, dispossession, displacement, social …

But to the Aboriginal peoples looking on, the arrival of the ships marked the beginning of an invasion that would catastrophically affect their lives. The First Fleet voyage took between 250 …

In 1788 British ships carrying some 1,500 people landed on the shores of Sydney Cove in Australia. That expedition, called the First Fleet, was the beginning of the British colonization …

After a voyage of three months the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. Here the Aboriginal people, who had lived in isolation for 40,000 years, met the British in an uneasy …