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Part of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the Boats 1790

By
Robert Dodd
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1528530 / PXD 742/2]
(Mitchell Library)

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Dodd, Robert

State Library of New South Wales

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.

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HMS Guardian

Convict ship of 879 tons and 140 ft long which hit an iceberg in December 1789 about 13 days out from the Cape of Good Hope. Some convicts survived and were given pardons on arrival in Sydney.

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Second Fleet

Fleet of four transport ships, a supply vessel and a Royal Navy escort carrying over 1500 convicts. Arranged by private contractors the convicts were mistreated and starved and placed a huge strain on the infant colony as over half required hospitalisation on arrival.

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