The First Fleet is unusually well documented because journals and letters survive from people across the expedition. The material includes an account by a convict and journals by three of the first governors, naval officers, surgeons, Marines, and sailors. Correspondence adds further firsthand observations, while records from women connected with the expedition broaden the surviving perspectives. Together, these sources preserve official and personal experiences of the voyage and early settlement.
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Why the First Fleet is unusually well documented
Surviving journals and letters preserve the voyage through the experiences of convicts, governors, officers, medical staff, sailors, and women.