S2E10 The First Fleeters and their Struggle for Food

In 1787 the First Fleet began the epic journey to Australia with about 1500 hungry mouths to feed but only two years supply of food. This episode talks about the First Fleeters struggle to survive with depleting food stores, poor soil to grow crops and limited availability to wild foods. LINKS Grab a copy of Convict Sydney, the real-life stories of 32 prisoners : Support Convict Australia and receive goodies such as the Convict Australia Newsletter: Join the conversation on our Facebook & Instagram pages: Start your search for your convict ancestors: SOURCES 1959 The Convict Ships, 1787 – 1868 , by Charles Bateson.,Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow 2015 ‘First Fleet Surgeon: the voyage of Arthur Bowes Smyth.’ , David Hill, Canberra, ACT, National Library of Australia 2000 ‘Two Classic Tales of Australian exploration: 1788, by Watkin Tench; Life and Adventures, by John Nicol’ , edited & introduced by Tim Flannery, Text Publishing Company, Melbourne 2010 ‘1788: The brutal truth of the First Fleet.’, by David Hill, Random House Australia, North Sydney. 2021, Discover SLM Talk: First Fleet fare, with Dr Jacqui Newling, , viewed 10 December 2021 ‘Barrett, Thomas (c. 1758-1788)’, People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, , viewed 1 December 2021 THANK YOU Special thanks to Sue Reed and Dane Sharpe. Music by Ahjay Stelino

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S2E10 The First Fleeters and their Struggle for Food is an episode from Convict Australia by Jennifer Twemlow.

This episode is 00:20:23 long.

This episode was published on Dec 13, 2021.

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