First Fleet Australia

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  1. Lindele

    Lindele formerly HA96

    Today 234 years ago in 1788 the Royal Navy with commandant Arthur Phillip arrived in Sydney Cove with some 756 convicts.

    What do Australians think about this in these days? Can some Australians of today trace there roots back to any of these 756?
    Stefan.
     
  2. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

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  3. Lindele

    Lindele formerly HA96

  4. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

  5. Waddell

    Waddell Well-Known Member

    Bit of a vexed question there Stefan without straying into modern politics. Certainly there is far more attention paid to the indigenous view these days. Additionally you don't see re-enactments of the arrival anymore. That probably reached its peak around the 1988 Bicentenary. My kids have been taught both aspects of both white settlement and indigenous history in their schooling recently.

    To answer the second part of your question, yes there are plenty of descendants of the First Fleet-

    Fellowship Of First Fleeters

    Scott
     
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  6. Blutto

    Blutto Banned

    It became very fashionable many years ago to claim convict lineage, these days the same applies to indigenous links, something in the more recent past that was dropped like a hot potato.
     
  7. Lindele

    Lindele formerly HA96

    Thanks to all. Fascinating news to me, most of it. Enjoyed reading it.
    Will help me for my next visits to both Australia and the US.
    Stefan.
     
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  8. Lindele

    Lindele formerly HA96

    Just another thought: Having a pint of bitter and a chat in East London non-tourist pubs - the English sounded like Australian English and the Irish in Shannon pubs after the second Guinness sounded a bit like US American English. Jut me,or true? Stefan.
     
  9. Blutto

    Blutto Banned

    Not really following your question, but historically English in Australia was close to that spoken in the London area. Hence Cockney rhyming slang was embedded in the language, albeit progressively modified over time. Many areas of the British Isles provided immigrants to Australia, so a real mix of accents resulted, including of course Irish and Scottish, although the latter is more pronounced in New Zealand.
    In current times the invasion of US made television has resulted in a clear US 'twang' in many areas, especially the East coast of Australia.
     
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  10. papiermache

    papiermache Well-Known Member

    NAA: A1200, L37363 Series number: A1200 Control symbol: L37363 Barcode: 11658674 Number of pages: 1

    Title: TITLE: Historical - Personalities - Captain Arthur Phillip (painting), first Governor of the colony of New South Wales - In command of an expeditionary fleet of 11 ships, carrying 1487 persons of whom 758 were convicts, he reached Botany Bay on18 January 1788 - On 26 January (Australia Day) he unfurled the British flag on the shores of Port Jackson, where now stands Sydney, the largest city in Australia CATEGORY: photograph FORMAT: b&w negative TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material

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  11. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    Which would have looked like a visitation of Aliens from another planet...

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    Thou, the Centauri, I think were "dressed" to look like Napoleonic figures, for some in story theme reason that the Earth was "some lost colony" of theirs that they might have claim to - should they choose to exert it...18th Century "style" ;-) :-(
     
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