First Fleet 1788

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:First_Fleet
gptkbp:carries officers
marines
convicts
free settlers
gptkbp:children about 40
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Captain_Arthur_Phillip
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Australia_Day
gptkb:First_Fleet_Memorials
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1788
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:Portsmouth,_England
13 May 1787
gptkbp:destination gptkb:New_South_Wales
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:HMS_Sirius
gptkb:Charlotte
gptkb:Friendship
gptkb:Prince
gptkb:Scarborough
gptkb:Fishburn
gptkb:Alexander
gptkb:Borrowdale
gptkb:Golden_Grove
gptkb:HMS_Supply
gptkb:Lady_Penrhyn
gptkbp:historicalSignificance colonization of Australia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Fleet 1788
gptkbp:landedAt gptkb:Botany_Bay,_New_South_Wales
gptkb:Sydney_Cove,_New_South_Wales
18 January 1788
gptkbp:numberOfConvicts about 775
gptkbp:numberOfMarines about 245
gptkbp:numberOfShips 11
gptkbp:numberOfSwornOfficers about 20
gptkbp:purpose establish penal colony in Australia
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:British_colonization_of_Australia
establishment of Sydney
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:British_Government
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ralph_Clark
gptkb:David_Collins
gptkb:James_Ruse
gptkb:John_Hunter
gptkb:Mary_Bryant
gptkb:Watkin_Tench
gptkb:Arthur_Phillip
gptkb:William_Dawes
gptkb:Elizabeth_Macarthur
gptkbp:significance beginning of European settlement in Australia
gptkbp:totalPeople approximately 1,400
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Darug_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6