On the First Fleet was Zachary Clark (sometimes Zacharia and sometimes Clarke). He embarked on the Scarborough and transferred to the Alexander during the voyage. He was engaged by the agent who provisioned the First Fleet to represent that agent’s interests. At Port Jackson he was made responsible for the weekly issue of provisions. Later he went to Norfolk Island. Clark had a daughter named Ann who married Thomas Hibbins on Norfolk Island on 9 October 1803. The previous wife of Hibbins Continue Reading »
Edward Risby : James Morrisby
Edward Risby was sentenced at Gloucester to seven years transportation on 24 March 1784 for theft of three yards of broadcloth and two other pieces of cloth. After being sentenced Edward was sent to the Censor Hulk and three years later embarked aboard Alexander in February 1787. At Port Jackson Edward worked as a sawyer on Sirius, and later ordered to Norfolk Island. He married Ann Gibson (Lady Juliana) and had six children on the Island. On 17 September 1807 Edward was listed for VDL with Continue Reading »
Fellowship’s 30th Anniversary
Sunday 25 May 2014 Members gathered together in style in the Melbourne Room Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday 25 May to celebrate an important event in the life of the Fellowship - its 30th anniversary. Way back in early 1984, advertisements were placed local newspapers informing interested people within the community that a First Fleet association was going to be formed in Victoria, and were you interested? Following a good response, the first meeting was held on 25 May Continue Reading »
Scarborough
One of the First Fleet ships in Teneriffe. Is it the Scarborough, perhaps it could be! Perhaps you can add some colour to this exotic port. Download the PDF to colour in: Scarborough Continue Reading »
Word Search
First Fleet Word Search and Puzzle Download here: First Fleet Word Search and Puzzle Continue Reading »
Ships
The First Fleet Ships Find the ships, including the eleven First Fleet ships that are concealed in this puzzle. To find them you may advance vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Use the same letter twice, and go backwards as well as forwards. Download here: The First Fleet Ships Continue Reading »
First Fleet
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Lieutenant Bradley 23 April 1788
23 April 1788. Whilst exploring, Lieutenant Bradley and his men ate a dinner of cockatoo and crow soup. It was excellent. Perhaps you can add some colour to the scene of these pioneering men. Download it here: Lieutenant Bradley Continue Reading »
Commemoration 1914-1918 ANZAC Centenary
August 2014 marked 100 years since the First World War and on 25 April 2015 marked the Centenary of ANZAC. 2014 was also the 75th anniversary of the start of World War 11 and the 50th of the critical events that led to the Vietnam War. The commitment of the first Australian battalion to Vietnam was announced in late April 1965, 50 years to the week after the Dardanelles Peninsula landing by Australian and New Zealand troops. On 25 April 1915 thousands of brave young men went ashore on a Continue Reading »
Ellen Wainwright
Our First Fleet Connectionis the story of Ellen Wainwright, compiled by her descendant Lawrence Kauffman who gleaned the information from the historical record entitled Her Blood in Our Veins, as researched and recorded by Irene Donald also a descendant of Ellen Wainwright. To begin we need to go back to the year 1770 when Ellen Wainwright was born and to the year 1787 when at 17 years of age she was tried and found guilty of having stolen a scarlet woollen cloak, a blue stuffed quilted Continue Reading »
