Second Fleet (Australia)

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/second-fleet-australia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the year of voyage?1790
2. What is the number of ships?6
3. What was the Second Fleet and why did it travel to Australia?The Second Fleet was a group of six ships that left Britain in 1790 to bring more people and supplies to the new colony in Sydney, because the first settlers were having a hard time.
4. Why were so many people sick and dying on the Second Fleet?The ships were overcrowded, had little food and water, bad sanitation, and no enough doctors, so many convicts got sick and many died.

Penal Transportation: The practice of sending convicted criminals to distant colonies as punishment.
Convoy: A group of ships traveling together, often for mutual support and protection.
Nascent Settlement: A newly established and developing community or colony.