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Edwell, Penny

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Penny Edwell is curator and historian. Penny has worked for the Australian War Memorial and the Australian National Maritime Museum as well as further afield in the Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth, Jordan. She has a BA in Ancient History from Macquarie University.

Borrowdale as Author
Fishburn as Author
Golden Grove as Author
HMS Guardian as Author
Justinian as Author
Lady Juliana as Author
Neptune as Author
Scarborough: Second Fleet as Author
Surprize as Author

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Borrowdale

The Borrowdale, along with the other storeships of the First Fleet, took on board two years' worth of provisions and stores for the new colony including 'implements of husbandry, clothing for the troops and convicts and other necessaries'.

Fishburn

Fishburn was the largest of the three store ships of the First Fleet stocked with provisions for the new colony. After her return to England, Fishburn was lost in a storm off Gun Fleet Sand in October 1789.

Golden Grove

Golden Grove was one of the three storeships of the First Fleet and is credited as having made the fastest return journey of any of the First Fleet ships.

HMS Guardian

Wrecked en route to Australia, the Second Fleet storeship HMS Guardian left Britain carrying desperately needed stores for the infant settlement in New South Wales.

Justinian

With no convicts on board, the second fleet store ship Justinian completed the voyage to Australia in just five months, entering Port Jackson on 20 June 1790. Justinian brought much needed provisions to the colony where the threat of starvation was great following the demise of the HMS Guardian. However, supplies were soon strained with the arrival of the three transport ships of sick and dying convicts.

Lady Juliana

The second fleet convict transport Lady Juliana, brought over 200 women to the new colony of New South Wales. It was the first female-only transport to arrive in Australia and the first ship to arrive after the first fleet. The women disembarked in comparative good health to those who followed.

Neptune

Neptune, one of three ships known as the 'death fleet,' was the largest ship of the Second Fleet. Chartered by slave traders, Neptune had the highest mortality rate of all the ships, with over 160 deaths. Many of those who survived the ordeal went on to prosper in the new colony including William Baker, George Salter and Molly Morgan.

Scarborough: Second Fleet

Scarborough sailed with the First and the Second Fleet and experienced an attempted mutiny both times. Charted by slave traders along with Neptune and Surprize, the Scarborough became part of the notorious 'death fleet', with around 73 of over 250 convicts dying on board and many hospitalised on arrival.

Surprize

The second fleet vessel Surprize brought 126 sick and malnourished convicts to Sydney, along with the news of 37 deaths en route. It soon became apparent the ordeals suffered on Surprize were common on Neptune and the Scarborough, earning the three ships the moniker of 'the death fleet'.