did you know that the first fleet took 9 months.and one ship turned back.before Australia they where at america Spain and Africa. On Sunday 13th May, 1787 eleven small ships carrying about 1,500 people set sail from Portsmouth, England on an epic voyage of over 13,000 miles (20,900 k kilometers) and founded the nation of "Australia". On the afternoon of Friday, 18th January 1788, 252 days after leaving Portsmouth, the 70 feet long brig, H.M.S. Supply led the eleven ships of the First Fleet into Botany Bay, Australia. On Friday, 25th January, the H.M.S. Supply made history by being the first ship to sail into Port Jackson where she dropped anchor at Sydney Cove, (now Circular Quay) at 7 p.m. The following morning at day-break, Commander in Chief Arthur Phillip and his party went ashore and raised the Union Flag which marked the first settlement of Europeans in Australia. THIS WAS NOT COPYED
ids fun please like it thanks
