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About
Fellowship of First Fleeters.
Finally First Fleet House re-opened with a Welcome Back
to First Fleet House Afternoon Tea on Saturday
September 12 2026.
It was great to welcome long time Fellowship members like Ron
Withington, who authored Dispatched DownUnder.
Have you seen the new email addresses to contact FF House?
Membership E-mail:
members@firstfleeters.org
An
additional Website for the
Fellowship of First Fleeters
now exists as a "sister site" to this
Original Website,
and the two sites are interlinked with relevant Links on this website redirected to respective pages on the
Wordpress "sister
website".
Note - The additional Wordpress sister
website was created to
"future-proof" the huge amount of content on this Original
website.
It
can be found at
FellowshipFirstFleeters.org -
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Who Are We?
We are an
organisation comprised of
descendants of those who arrived in Sydney Cove with the First
Fleet on 26 January 1788 & also
those interested in the First Fleet and other Later Fleets.
The Fellowship was formed in
1968, and since then over 9000 descendants have established their
lineage, and joined the Fellowship. Links have so far been
established in 137 families to
no fewer than 195 individual First
Fleet Ancestors.
There are currently
over 1000 active members (see
History)
Membership (How
to Join)
Membership is open to anyone
who can prove his or her relationship to a First Fleeter –
Convict, Marine, Seaman, Civilian (including Wives & Children) or Government Official.
Additionally, Associate and
Friend memberships are also welcomed, including people whose
ancestors arrived on Later Fleets.
How to find us:
"First
Fleet House" at 105 Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo, an historic
section of Sydney.
Our Chapters
There are currently
15 active Chapters covering Sydney suburbs,
regional NSW/Victoria,
ACT, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.
More Information
Additional information on the First Fleet and the
Fellowship of First Fleeters can be found at the KEY
LINKS in the
table below:
KEY LINKS TABLE
Part time Volunteers Needed!
We need help in running the Fellowship - can you volunteer ? Do
you have office or computer skills eg email or Microsoft Office
suite, library assistance, or are you a handyman/woman? No experience is neeeded and we will provide training. Please
contact First Fleet House:
Phone: 02 9360 3788
or
E-mail:
info@firstfleeters.org
Where to find the new FFF Website:
FellowshipFirstFleeters.org -
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The
FELLOWSHIP of FIRST FLEETERS
on
Facebook &
Instagram
FFF
FACEBOOK
PAGE - Like us by clicking on the
 tag
and why not follow us
FFF
FACEBOOK GROUP - why not join us?
FFF
INSTAGRAM -
why not follow us?
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