+The First Fleet was a historic convoy of eleven British ships that departed England in 1787, carrying the first European settlers and convicts to [Australia](/wiki/Australia). Arriving at [Botany Bay](/wiki/Botany_Bay) in January 1788, they soon established a penal colony at Sydney Cove, beginning the modern nation's foundation.
+## See also
+- [Convicts](/wiki/Convicts)
+- [Colony](/wiki/Colony)
+- [Sydney](/wiki/Sydney)