Articles and Facts - Archived Page

Content on this page has been transferred to various pages on the FFF new website as indicated below:  

Links have also been redirected  to the new website!

• Background information  transferred to Voyage of the First Fleet page on the new website

• Sea Terms used in Shipping transferred to an individual page on the new website

• Scale of Justice for Convicts 1788 - transferred to an individual Crimes & Punishment 1760 - 1790 page on the new website 

• Ships - Content has been transferred as indicated below:

• Ships Pages on Original Website     ->  -> ->	Ships Pages Links for New Website
  Alexander	Alexander
  Borrowdale	Borrowdale
  Charlotte	Charlotte
  Fishburn	Fishburn
  Friendship	Friendship
  Golden Grove	Golden Grove
  H.M.S Sirius	H.M.S Sirius
  H.M.A.T.  Supply	H.M.A.T.  Supply
  Lady Penrhyn	Lady Penrhyn
  Prince of Wales	Prince of Wales
  Scarborough	Scarborough
  Unknown Ship	Unknown Ship

Sources:

1)         The CONVICT SHIPS 1787-1868 by Charles Bateson

2)         Historic Ships Associated with the Marshall Islands No. 2-The British merchant vessel Scarborough (1788) edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/MIShips/Scarborough.html

• Additional notes for each ship - previously there was additional historical information for each First Fleet Ship & now this historical  ship information has been transferred to the relevant ship's page(s) on the new website

• One of Australia's Great Artists – Mr Frank Allen - content transferred to new website

• Scurvy: A vitamin C Deficiency - content transferred to new website

• People who left England vs Arrivals, including Details Table  - content transferred to new website