On the 13th of May 1787, a fleet set sail from Portsmouth, England to establish a penal colony in Australia., , The First Fleet was composed of 11 ships under Captain Arthur Phillip., , On board, there were 1,000 convicts sentenced to transportation. , , There were also officers, crew, Marines and their families., , They stopped in Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town to restock provisions., , They made three stops to get food and water. , , The Fleet arrived safely in Botany Bay on January 26th, 1788 after a 252-day journey., , This date is now Australia Day. , .

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