The First Fleet

This imaginative landscape is set in the 18th century (1700s) during the time when the first convicts of England arrived in Australia. This landscape shows one of the eleven ships that left Great Britain, planned to arrive in Australia on May 13th 1787. These 11 ships were called the first fleet and were largely filled with prisoners of Great Britain in which they didn't have enough prison space over there for them. The landscape shows the arrival of the first ship of the eleven at Botany Bay, followed by 6 more of them behind it (the rest is not captured in this landscape). There are flags of where the ship came from on the ships, representing patriotism and also hinting the aim of turning Australia into a place like Great Britain. This imaginative landscape can leave individuals feeling blithe and insouciant as the convicts are heading to a village which looks peaceful and civilised, but on the other hand, this imaginative landscape an leave an impression of mystery and even hardship, because of the dark sea (dark seas are usually deep). In addition. the sea's colour is supposed to reflect the colour of the bright blue sky, but instead, the sea is a gloomy dark blue colour making some individuals feel concerned and inexplicable of what is ahead for the convicts.