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===Notable members of First Fleet=== ====Officials==== * Captain [[Arthur Phillip]], R.N, [[Governor of New South Wales]] * Major [[Robert Ross (British Marines officer)|Robert Ross]], [[Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales|Lieutenant Governor]] and commander of the [[New South Wales Marine Corps|marines]] * Captain [[David Collins (lieutenant governor)|David Collins]], [[Judge Advocate of New South Wales|Judge Advocate]] * [[Augustus Alt]], [[Surveyor]] * [[John White (surgeon)|John White]], Principal Surgeon * [[William Balmain]], assistant Surgeon * [[Richard Johnson (chaplain)|Richard Johnson]], chaplain ====Soldiers==== * Lieutenant [[George Johnston (British Marines officer)|George Johnston]] * Captain [[Watkin Tench]] * Lieutenant [[William Dawes (British Marines officer)|William Dawes]] * Lieutenant [[Ralph Clark]] ====Sailors==== * Captain [[John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)|John Hunter]], commander of HMS ''Sirius'' * Lieutenant [[Henry Lidgbird Ball]], commander of HMAT ''Supply'' * Lieutenant [[William Bradley (Royal Navy officer)|William Bradley]], 1st lieutenant of HMS ''Sirius'' * Lieutenant [[Philip Gidley King]], commandant of [[Norfolk Island]] * [[Arthur Bowes Smyth]], ship's surgeon on ''Lady Penrhyn'' * Lieutenant [[John Shortland (Royal Navy officer)|John Shortland]], Agent for Transports * [[John Shortland]], son of above, 2nd mate of HMS ''Sirius'' ====Convicts==== * [[Thomas Barrett (convict)|Thomas Barrett]], first person executed in colony * [[Mary Bryant]], with her husband, children and 6 other convicts escaped the colony and eventually returned to England * [[John Caesar]], [[bushranger]] * [[Matthew Everingham]], farmer, explorer and district constable * [[Henry Kable]], businessman * [[James Martin (convict)|James Martin]], was part of the escape with Mary Bryant, wrote autobiography * [[James Ruse]], farmer, one of the only ones in the colony at its establishment * [[Robert Sidaway]], baker, opened the first theatre in [[Sydney]] * [[James Squire]], brewer * [[Frances Williams (convict)|Frances Williams]], first Welsh woman to settle in Australia<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Hayley |date=2011-11-08 |title=Flintshire Woman Shipped to Australia for Stealing Clothes |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/15934326.flintshire-woman-shipped-to-australia-for-stealing-clothes/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=[[The Leader (Welsh newspaper)|The Leader]] |language=en}}</ref>
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