Golden Grove to Norfolk Island October 1788
Shipping records for the Golden Grove is now ready to sail with one midshipman, for Norfolk Island one serjeant, one corporal , and five privates , twenty men and ten women convicts. These will make the number on Norfolk Island sixty, and I send eighteen months' provisions in October 1788.
Read MoreNorfolk Island 1st Settlement
Convict and shipping records for Norfolk Island, along with Birth, Deaths and Marriages records for Norfolk Island 1st Settlement 1788 - 1814, research resources and much more.
Read MoreNorfolk Island Deaths 1788 to 1814
There are over 270 deaths during the first settlement of Norfolk Island. CDrom features details on each person and their family, shipping records and photos of headstones.
Read MoreGovernor Hunter & His First Fleet Sketchbook
A Steady Hand is a new perspective that traces the extraordinary life of John Hunter, First Fleet sea captain, colonial governor and artist, complemented by faithful, full-colour reproductions of every painting in John Hunter’s First Fleet sketchbook. Throughout the years of the First Fleet, Hunter kept a sketchbook. Its pages contained some of the earliest artistic impressions of birds, flowers and fishes and people found in and around Sydney, Norfolk and Lord Howe islands.
Read MoreNorfolk Island Foundation Day Celebrations March 2012
Celebrate Norfolk Island Foundation Day on beautiful, historic Norfolk Island. Foundation Day Re-enactment commemorates the arrival on 6 March 1788 of Lieutenant Philip Gidley King with 22 people (including 15 convicts) to form the first settlement on Norfolk Island. 1788 Foundation Day Re-enactment: Tuesday 6 March 2012 Special visit to No.9 Quality Row – Kingston and Arthurs Vale Public Research Centre, Norfolk Island Cemetery Tour Norfolk has a unique beauty of its own, with its...
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