Publisher's Synopsis
ON 13TH MAY 1787, ELEVEN ENGLISH SHIPS SAILED DOWN THE ATLANTIC THEN EAST ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN UNDER AUSTRALIA. 1350 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARRIVED IN SYDNEY COVE ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY 1788. THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE FIRST FLEET This is a short stage play based on the interaction between the English and the Aboriginals for the week preceding the 26th of January 1788. Some characters are real and some are created. The scenes contain historical information as well as fiction. The idea of how two peoples on vastly different life paths suddenly are forced to live together and exchange life traits is the centrepiece behind the dialogue.
