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The headstone of First Fleeter Peter Hibbs still stands in Laughtondale Cemetery 2013

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Cama, Nicole

Nicole Cama is a content strategist, historian, writer and curator with a passion for storytelling across multiple platforms. After completing an Honours degree at the University of Sydney, she delved into the world of cultural collections at Sydney University Museums and the Australian National Maritime Museum. Nicole now works as a freelance consultant on a number of projects.

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First Fleet

Fleet of eleven ships which left England in 1787 to found a penal colony in Australia. It consisted of two Royal Navy Vessels, three store ships and six convict transports which carried over 1000 convicts, marines and seamen to the colony.

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Hibbs, Peter

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First Fleet seaman who played a role in the exploration of Tasmania and Australia's eastern seaboard. He allegedly sailed with Captain James Cook on HMB Endeavour and was credited in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette of 1890 as being the second Englishman after Sir Joseph Banks to step ashore at Botany Bay in 1770. However, no primary source material has been found to confirm this. Hibbs was part of the crew during the wreck of HMS Sirius on its way to Norfolk Island. While at Norfolk Island his wife arrived aboard Surprize with her baby girl, whom they raised as their own.