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HMAT Supply

First Fleet 1788 

HMAT Supply vs HMS Supply

July 15, 2025August 3, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, New Brunswick, Supply (2)

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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First Fleet 1788 Shipping records 

First Fleeters departed Norfolk Island 1814

May 3, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn Alexander 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Kangaroo 1814, Prince of Wales 1788, Scarborough 1788

The Kangaroo departed Norfolk Island on 27 February 1814, marking the end of the island’s colonial settlement. Among the last group to leave were three First Fleeters.

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First Fleet 1788 Shipping records 

HMS Sirius Crew not aboard the ship March 1790

April 16, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn Alexander 1788, Charlotte 1788, Fishburn 1788, Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Neptune 1790, Scarborough 1788

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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Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas with associated Families Norfolk Island Muster March 2026

March 30, 2025July 18, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMAT Supply, Lady Penrhyn 1788, Scarborough 1788

Nathaniel Lucas and Olivia Gascoigne/Gaskin arrived on Norfolk Island on 6 March 1788 aboard HMAT Supply. The March 2026 Family

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First Fleet Deaths Norfolk Island

January 12, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Alexander 1788, Charlotte 1788, Friendship 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Lady Penrhyn 1788, Prince of Wales 1788, Scarborough 1788

List of the 43 deaths of First Fleeters on Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 including convicts, marines, ships crew and free people

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Kitty March 1793 Norfolk Island to Port Jackson
Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications Second Fleet 1790 Shipping records Showcase Third Fleet 1791 

Norfolk Island History Publications

October 20, 2024August 28, 2025 Cathy Dunn Estramina 1808, Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Kangaroo 1814, Kitty 1793, Lady Nelson 1808, Royal Admiral 1792

List of historical books published by Australian History Research about Norfolk Island

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Convicts First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 NSW Corps Shipping records 

Francis July 1796 Passenger List

July 9, 2024August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Admiral Barrington 1792, Endeavour 1795, Francis, HMAT Supply, HMS Reliance, HMS Sirius, Pitt 1792

Passenger list for the Francis from Norfolk Island to Sydney July 1796, all passengers were removed off the stores on 9 Jul 1796 for the voyage to Sydney per schooner Francis.

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First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island

June 24, 2024August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Estramina 1808, Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Kitty 1793, Lady Nelson 1808, Lady Nelson 1810

Some 60% of the First Fleet 1788 of convicts, marines, ships crew, ship marines, free people lived on Norfolk Island at some time during the Colonial Settlement 1788 to 1814.

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Ships Marines HMS Sirius 1787 to 1790

June 14, 2024August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius

List of Ships Marines who served on HMS Sirius 1787 to 1790

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First Fleet 1788 

Draught (Draft) plans of HMS Berwick – HMS Sirius

May 15, 2023May 15, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMAT Supply, HMS Berwick, HMS Reliance, HMS Sirius, Waaksamheid

HMS Sirius was originally the merchant ship Berwick, which was refitted out as HMS Berwick in early 1782 by the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned

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Publications

Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807
Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications 

Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807

July 2, 2025July 31, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Publication with the primary records relating to all land ownership, grants and leases from 1794 to 1807 for Norfolk Island’s colonial settlement.

Closure of Norfolk Island 1814
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Closure of Norfolk Island 1814

April 13, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn
HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children
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HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children

March 19, 2025July 11, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Kitty Transport era from Norfolk Island 1793
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Kitty Transport era from Norfolk Island 1793

February 4, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn
First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart
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First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart

August 12, 2025August 24, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Kitty March 1793 Norfolk Island to Port Jackson
First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 NSW Corps Shipping records 

Marine and Seaman Settlers who departed Norfolk Island per Kitty 1793

August 2, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn
HMAT Supply vs HMS Supply
First Fleet 1788 

HMAT Supply vs HMS Supply

July 15, 2025August 3, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807
Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications 

Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807

July 2, 2025July 31, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Garrison Marines HMS Sirius 1788
First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Shipping records 

Garrison Marines HMS Sirius 1788

June 13, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Third fleeters living on Norfolk Island Oct 1808 – 1814
Convicts NSW Corps Third Fleet 1791 

Third fleeters living on Norfolk Island Oct 1808 – 1814

May 20, 2025 Cathy Dunn

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