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Prep to Year 4: First Fleet

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Convicts

First Fleet

The First Fleet was a group of eleven ships that brought convicts to New South Wales in 1788

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Introductory ABC video about First Fleet from BTN

First Fleet Facts

First Fleet Timeline Trace the journey of the First Fleet.

Stories from the First Fleet Read the stories of people from the First Fleet.

Convict ships of the First Fleet Find out the names of convicts on the First Fleet.

Provisions on the ships in the First Fleet Find out what they brought with them on the ships.

Ships of the First Fleet A list of the ships in the First Fleet.

Tales from the First Fleet Search the State Library of New South Wales First Fleet Collection for journals, letters, drawings, maps and charts created by those who actually travelled with the First Fleet.

Aboriginal Life before 1788

The following video clips are from the series My Place.

Catching yabbies Hunting for food.

Dance off An Aboriginal camp.

Snakebite How to survive snakebite and how to make a spear.

Fishing Hunting for food.

Water Collecting water and taking it back to camp.