Welcome. ROUTE OF THE FIRST FLEET 1787 - 1788 - courtesy of the Fellowship of First Fleeters. For descriptions of Ships of the First Fleet log onto: www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au. Key inquiry question #1: Why did Europeans settle in Australia? Learning Intention Students are learning to: use images and written sources to investigate the people on board the First Fleet describe people, events and actions related to the First Fleet understand the historical context of the journey and the broader impact on Aboriginal people
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HISTORIC ARTICLE May 13, 1787 CE: 'First Fleet' Sets Sail for Australia On May 13, 1787, the "First Fleet" of military leaders, sailors, and convicts set sail from Portsmouth, England, to found the first European colony in Australia, Botany Bay. Grades 5 - 8 Subjects Geography, Social Studies, World History Photograph First Fleet The First Fleet Journey. Create Map. By Eloise. X. By Eloise. By Eloise. The First Fleet Journey. Create Map. By Eloise. X. Map of the route of the First Fleet. X The First Fleet was the expedition that established the first permanent European colony on the continent of Australia. A British naval officer named Arthur Phillip led the expedition and served as the first governor of the colony. In the 1780s the British government decided that it needed a place to send some of its convicts.
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The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 British ships that brought the first British colonists and convicts to Australia.. England and took a journey of over 24,000 kilometres (15,000 mi) and over 250 days to eventually arrive in Botany Bay, New South Wales, where a penal colony would become the first British settlement in Australia.. SETTING SAIL Leaving Portsmouth, England, on 13 May, the First Fleet was at sea for more than 252 days. Interactive Map of the Route of the First Fleet. [Story Index] Last Updated April 2006. Using information they have learnt in the lesson, students map and label the journey of the First Fleet. Using their prior knowledge and knowledge they have of geographical locations, students then map and label an alternative route the First Fleet could have taken to reach Australia and explain why this route may have been better.
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David Collins, 1798 The voyage of the First Fleet captured the imagination of the British public. In published accounts it was romanticised as an epic journey, culminating in the foundation of a new British colony. 1788 January 3 Coast of Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) sighted. 1788 January 18/19 The first division of the Fleet anchors at Botany Bay. The First Fleet Entering Botany Bay. 1788 January 20 The remainder of the Fleet arrives. 1788 January 26 All Fleet ships anchor in Sydney Cove, Port Jackson. Captain Phillip and officers go ashore, raise the.
Copyright Fellowship of First Fleeters Locate both London and Botany Bay on a map. Track the journey of the First Fleet from Portsmouth to Rio de Janeiro, around the Cape of Good Hope to Table Bay (now Cape Town) and across the Indian Ocean to Botany Bay. Use the map's scale to estimate the length of the journey. View the animated map from the
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This First Fleet- Mapping the Voyage worksheet provides a set of lower ability, middle ability and high ability mapping activity that allows students to cut and paste and order the significant events that the First Fleet accomplished. This activity would be great to complete after looking at the voyage timeline cards. Show more Related Searches Voyage of the First Fleet - Map Activity The map shows the route the 'First Fleet' travelled from England to New South Wales. Write the place names on the map of the world. You can use an atlas to help you. England Tenerife Rio de Janeiro South America Cape Town Africa New South Wales Discuss
