<P> The exact number of people directly associated with the First Fleet will likely never be established , as all accounts of the event vary slightly . A total of 1,420 people have been identified as embarking on the First Fleet in 1787 , and 1,373 are believed to have landed at Sydney Cove in January 1788 . In her biographical dictionary of the First Fleet , Mollie Gillen gives the following statistics : </P>
<P> The exact number of people directly associated with the First Fleet will likely never be established , as all accounts of the event vary slightly . A total of 1,420 people have been identified as embarking on the First Fleet in 1787 , and 1,373 are believed to have landed at Sydney Cove in January 1788 . In her biographical dictionary of the First Fleet , Mollie Gillen gives the following statistics : </P>
when did the first fleet land in sydney cove
when did the first fleet land in sydney cove
January 1788
January 1788