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There were 759 convicts on the First Fleet. There were also 13 children of convicts. The remainder of the 1,487 people were made up of marines, their wives and children, officials, Royal Navy seamen and merchantmen.
The Alexander - 195 male convicts The Charlotte - 88 male and 20 female convicts The Friendship - 76 male and 21 female convicts The Golden Grove - no convicts Lady Penrhyn - 101 female convicts...
The convicts were treated better on the First Fleet's ships than on the second and third fleets. Captain Arthur Phillip was fair and just, and he had a genuine desire to reform the convicts. Although...