Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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First Fleet

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  1. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    0:54The First Fleet as a naval-strategy moveChapter
  2. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    6:07Port Jackson and the fragile supply lineNotable Point
  3. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    8:49Transportation policy and the colony's skills shortageNotable Point
  4. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    12:19HMS Sirius, colony artillery, and defensive planningChapter
  5. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    13:50New South Wales Marines, the Corps, and divided security rolesChapter
  6. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    20:46HMS Sirius from Baltic merchantman to colonial warshipNotable Point
  7. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    25:01Arthur Phillip, John Hunter, and fleet command at seaNotable Point
  8. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    28:25HMS Supply as the colony's lifelineNotable Point
  9. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    32:35HMS Hyena and the First Fleet's ocean escortNotable Point
  10. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    34:17Lady Penrhyn, civilian logistics, and return tradeChapter
  11. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    40:29Scarborough from the timber trade to scurvy and China teaNotable Point
  12. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    45:38Coal-built storeships and a staggered resupply planNotable Point
  13. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    49:04Alexander: overloading, bilge water, disease, and mutinyChapter
  14. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    55:11Charlotte: missing mate, convict memory, and later naval serviceChapter
  15. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    59:54Friendship and Prince of Wales: discipline, scarcity, and mortalityChapter
  16. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    1:04:01Arthur Phillip's civil administration and Indigenous relationsChapter
  17. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    1:09:28Robert Ross, George Johnston, and colonial military cultureChapter
  18. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    1:16:13David Collins, John White, and Richard Johnson as colonial specialistsNotable Point
  19. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    1:21:31A successful landing with an underdesigned security systemChapter
  20. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    1:27:34Disease uncertainty in the First Fleet's colonial legacyNotable Point
  21. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    1:32:01Critical mass, skilled settlers, and the missing engineersNotable Point
  22. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    21:29The First Fleet as a naval enterpriseChapter
  23. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    24:35American Loyalists in the first New South Wales proposalNotable Point
  24. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    27:11Naval stores and Norfolk Island timberNotable Point
  25. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    32:37Convict records and the cost of the expeditionChapter
  26. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    37:23Eleven ships and a self-supporting convoyChapter
  27. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    45:44Population planning and survival at Sydney CoveNotable Point
  28. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    49:37HMS Sirius from Baltic trader to colonial lifelineChapter
  29. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    54:48La Perouse reaches Botany BayNotable Point
  30. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:00:15HMS Supply as the colony's lifelineNotable Point
  31. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:08:54How eleven ships kept company at seaQ&A
  32. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:13:08HMS Hyena, the fleet's armed escortChapter
  33. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:25:11Lady Penrhyn carries women, Marines, and horsesChapter
  34. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:29:33Could seven First Fleet horses sustain a healthy population?Q&A
  35. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:32:39Scarborough survives mutiny fears, scurvy, and the return voyageChapter
  36. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:39:30Borrowdale carries stores out and a stricken crew homeNotable Point
  37. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:44:52Foul bilges drive Alexander's fever crisisChapter
  38. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:47:15An informant exposes the alleged Alexander mutinyNotable Point
  39. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:49:44Alexander carries Friendship's crew and French papers homeNotable Point
  40. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:51:57Charlotte's slow voyage, medal, and later serviceChapter
  41. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:59:14Which women traveled as convicts or family members?Q&A
  42. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    2:00:08Friendship exchanges convicts for Cape livestockNotable Point
  43. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    2:04:06Prince of Wales from privateer to First Fleet transportNotable Point
  44. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    2:08:19Health, clothing, and discipline aboard Prince of WalesChapter
  45. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    2:15:42Why the Navy took over convict provisioningNotable Point
  46. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    2:53:16Why the First Fleet is unusually well documentedNotable Point
  47. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    3:25:58Was the First Fleet mission a success?Q&A
  48. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    3:38:40A viable colony and a legacy of dispossessionNotable Point
  49. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    3:40:03Sydney's landing-site memorial gardenNotable Point