The 1792–1796 Norfolk Island Victualling Book is not a comprehensive population record but a list of victualing provisions, leading to various errors and omissions, such as mis-recorded names, shipping and births, which complicate family history research
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The Whaler, Chesterfield departed England on 21 Jul 1792, with Captain Matthew Bowles Alt at the helm for the purpose of
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The Marine settlers on Norfolk Island had not only grown uncomfortable with the prospects of their recent career change from soldier to farmer, but they also felt they had been short-changed with the realigning of their land boundaries, departed Norfolk Island per Kitty March 1793.
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Even though there are no official contemporaneous records of the actual marriages of November 1791 on Norfolk Island there are
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Peter Dargin, who was one of the longest serving men of the military in the early Colony, arriving in 1788 as a Marine Pte, in 1792 transferring over to the NSW Corps and then to the Veteran Company in 1810 where he remained through to its disbandment in Sep 1823.
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Thomas Huckles convict arrived in NSW per Salamander in August 1791 with the Third Fleet .
Read morePassenger list for the Francis from Norfolk Island to Sydney July 1796, all passengers were removed off the stores on 9 Jul 1796 for the voyage to Sydney per schooner Francis.
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