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The first two years of settlement were no picnic, and 1790 wasn’t much better. The Second Fleet, which arrived in June 1790, wasn’t able to do much to help NSW out of near-starvation, because many of the new arrivals were on death’s door by the time they arrived. Meanwhile the Indigenous Australians had to deal with an invasion of overwhelming numbers into their country.