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
Shipping Records
List of Free Settlers from England who been left by different Ships with no order from Government as in the 1802 Muster
List of Free Settlers from England who have been left by different Ships without any Order from Government with the Quantity of Ground Cropped, Stock &c.as appeared in the Muster in 1802. Names as in order as per list.
HMS Reliance from Norfolk Island to Sydney Dec 1799
NSW Corps and general passengers aboard HMS Reliance in Dec 1799 from Norfolk Island to Sydney (AJCP, ADM36, PRO Reel 7007, 13397). Norfolk Island for Port Jackson (1 Dec – 25 Dec)
Lady Nelson to and from Norfolk Island June 1804
Leaving Sydney via the Bay of Islands, 29 Apr arriving at 24 June 1804 with Lieut Laycock and Davis, 11 prisoners as well as stores, flour and other provisions.