Each year on 6 March, Norfolk Island celebrate “Foundation Day”, the day in 1788 when Lt Philip Gidley King landed on Norfolk Island to establish the first European settlement on the Island
Norfolk Island first landing party March 1788
First Fleet 1788
Robert Hall, NSW Corps, Scarborough 1790
Enlisted into the NSW Corps in July 1789 in England, arriving in NSW the aboard Scarborough in 1790
Marriages November 1791 Norfolk Island
Reverend Richard Johnson visited Norfolk Island in Nov 1791. Philip King wrote that upwards to 100 couples were married during Johnson brief visit.
James Richardson, Convict, Alexander 1788
Convict of the Alexander 1788, James arrived on Norfolk Island aboard the Golden Grove in Oct 1788.