Saviour of the fleet - a podcast by Herald Sun

When nearly 800 malnourished convicts set off for Botany Bay on the First Fleet, no-one expected them all to survive.

But thanks to the heroic efforts of head physician John White, the prisoners had a better hope of survival than they would have if they stayed at home.

Jim Haynes returns to the show to tell the tale.

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