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1995-12-28
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JG1LNO DE VI1ACT II NR 689 II GR 88 \BT\
(THE SECOND FLEET) THE FIRST TO ARRIVE (AFTER TEN - MONTHS AT SEA)
CARRIED 222 WOMEN, MOSTLY AGED OR OTHERWISE INFIRM AND QUITE IN -
CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLONY'S WELL - BEING. OF JUST OVER 1000
CONVICTS EMBARKED ON OTHER SHIPS, A QUARTER DIED ON THE VOYAGE AND
HALF DISEMBARKED SUFFERING FROM SCURVY.
\AR\ \AS\
\BT\
GU2MFE DE VK5SA II NR 71 II GR 52 \BT\
CONDITIONS OF THE THIRD FLEET, WHICH LANDED BETWEEN JULY AND OCTOBER
1791, WERE HARDLY BETTER. ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF 1666 CONVICTS WERE ILL
ON LANDING OR SHORTLY AFTERWARD, AND GREAT NUMBERS DIED. BUT THE
VESSELS OF THE THIRD FLEET STARTED THE COLONY'S FIRST INDUSTRY WHEN,
WITHIN DAYS OF ARRIVAL, THEY BEGAN WHALING.
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BH2ZZ DE VK4QLD II NR 21 II GR 61 \BT\
AT THE SAME TIME, BETTER SUPPLIES OF FRESH FOOD CAME FROM THE
SETTLEMENTS AT ROSE HILL (PARRAMATTA) AT THE UPPER LIMITS OF PORT
JACKSON, AND AT NORFOLK ISLAND. A FAIR NUMBER OF FARMERS WERE
CONTRIBUTING BY 1798, THOUGH MOST OF THEM HAD LITTLE KNOWLEDGE
OF FARMING TECHNIQUES. THE FOLLOWING YEAR PHILLIP WENT BACK TO ENGLAND.
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TY5HB DE VK2VIC II NR 22 II GR 40 \BT\
MILITARY AND NAVAL ADMINISTRATORS WHO SUCCEEDED PHILLIP WERE LESS
SUCESSFUL THAN HE HAD BEEN IN MAKING THE COUNTRY A VIABLE CONCERN.
THE FIRST OF THEM (MAJOR FRANCIS GROSE), GAVE LAND TO EVERY OFFICER
WHO ASKED FOR IT. BECAUSE OF THE COLONY'S URGENT NEED TO FEED ITSELF
HE ALSO GAVE OTHER LAND TO PARDONED CONVICTS.
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