First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart
Some of the First and Second Fleeters buried at St David’s Cemetery Hobart
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First Fleet 1788
Marine and Seaman Settlers who departed Norfolk Island per Kitty 1793
The Marine settlers on Norfolk Island had not only grown uncomfortable with the prospects of their recent career change from soldier to farmer, but they also felt they had been short-changed with the realigning of their land boundaries, departed Norfolk Island per Kitty March 1793.
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HMAT Supply vs HMS Supply
HMAT Supply, was a Royal Navy vessel which arrived, as vanguard of the First Fleet, at Botany Bay on 18 Jan 1788.
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Garrison Marines HMS Sirius 1788
Misattributed Marine arrivals on HMS Sirius Jan 1788 to NSW and the distinction between Garrison Marines and Ship Marines
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1792 Government House Norfolk Island
Phillip Gidley King returned to Norfolk Island on November 1791 per Atlantic; and finding the 1788 Government House in disrepair and thus built a new Government House, which was completed in December 1792.
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First Fleeters departed Norfolk Island 1814
The Kangaroo departed Norfolk Island on 27 February 1814, marking the end of the island’s colonial settlement. Among this last group of people to leave, there were three First Fleeters.
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HMS Sirius Crew not aboard the ship March 1790
Not all the assigned crew members and ship’s marines were aboard HMS Sirius for the Mar 1790 voyage to Norfolk
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