Who was the youngest girl on the First Fleet?
Who was the youngest girl on the First Fleet?
Elizabeth Hayward
was the youngest female convict, at 13, on the First Fleet. She received seven years transportation at the Old Bailey in January 1787, for being accused of stealing clothes from the clog maker she was working for.
What was life like on the First Fleet for convicts?
What was it like inside a convict’s house? Convicts were often quite comfortable. They lived in two or three roomed houses, shared with fellow convicts or with a family. They had tables and chairs, cooked dinner (like pea and ham soup) over a fireplace and ate their food on china crockery using silver cutlery!
How were convicts treated on the First Fleet?
The treatment of the transported convicts was poor and the use of excessive punishment was rife throughout the penal system. Lashings were commonplace and for those prisoners who did not behave accordingly, they were taken elsewhere to suffer a secondary punishment.
Where can I find a list of the First Fleet convicts?
Digitised images of the lists from the Orders in Council for the First Fleet are available on the Convict Indents Index. The six ships that transported the First Fleet convicts were: Alexander; Charlotte; Friendship; Lady Penrhyn; Prince of Wales; Scarborough
What is the First Fleet?
The First Fleet is the name given to the group of eleven ships carrying convicts, the first to do so, that left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788.
How many people were on the ships that carried the convicts?
The ships departed with an estimated 775 convicts (582 men and 193 women), as well as officers, marines, their wives and children, and provisions and agricultural implements.
How many children were on the First Fleet?
There were about 50 children on the First Fleet when it arrived in Sydney. Some were convicts, some were children of marines and others were born on the ship on the journey out. Australia’s First Fleet [external website] Search the list for convicts who were transported to Australian in the First Fleet.
