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First Fleet

British  

noun

  1. the fleet of convict ships that arrived at Port Jackson in 1788

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  • First Fleeter noun

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Hertz was Amazon Autos’ first fleet customer.

From Barron's

Flexjet will be Otto’s first fleet customer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cook charted Australia's east coast in 1770, laying the groundwork for the later decision to send the First Fleet, which was led by Captain Arthur Phillip.

From BBC

Australia Day is a national holiday that is held each year on 26 January - the anniversary of Britain's First Fleet landing at Sydney Cove in 1788.

From BBC

"You’d think that it was just a bunch of happy free settlers and not-so-happy convicts who jumped off the First Fleet... and bingo, there you've got modern Australia," he says.

From BBC

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