First fleet to Australia Quiz

When did the first fleet leave England?

• 13 of May 1787

• 1 of January 1788

• 12 of April 2001

• 26 of January

There were ____ ships in the first fleet.

• 9

• 10

• 11

Why was the first fleet sent to Australia?

True of False:
The First Fleet carried only soldiers on the ships.

• True
• False

True of False:
I only took 3 months for the fleet to travel to Australia.

• True
• False

Select the countries the First Fleet stopped at before they made it to Australia. (Choose all that apply)

• India

• China

• Brazil

• South Africa

• Spain

Who was the master (commander) of the first fleet?

• James Cook

• William Bligh

• John Hunter

• Arthur Phillip

Which country did the First Fleet sail from?

True or False?
Convicts on the First Fleet were all men.

• True
• False

Correctly order these events of the first fleet.

• Set sailed from Portsmouth, England

• Stopped at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Stopped at Cape Town, South Africa

• Moved to Sydney Cove

• Arrived at Botany Bay