Andrew Goodwin and Lydia Munro Family Muster October 2026
Goodwin Munro 2026 Family Muster “Creating Stories: Old Woolstore Hobart; Thursday 29 Oct to Sun 1 Nov 2026
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Prince of Wales 1788
Beneath the Pines Norfolk Island Marriages November 1791
Using scattered colonial evidence (journals, musters, victualling/off‑stores lists, later baptisms, and other administrative records), Beneath the Pines Norfolk Island Marriages November 1791 reconstructs which couples were married by Johnson and questions the often‑repeated claim of a single “mass marriage” on 5 November 1791.
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First Fleeters departed Norfolk Island 1814
The Kangaroo departed Norfolk Island on 27 February 1814, marking the end of the island’s colonial settlement. Among this last group of people to leave, there were three First Fleeters.
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First Fleet Deaths Norfolk Island
List of the 43 deaths of First Fleeters on Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 including convicts, marines, ships crew and free people
Read MoreMinor Corrections and Addendums to Inhabitants Late 1808 – 1814 Book
Arrival date of Hunter barque on Norfolk has been given in various places in the publication as 27 Jul 1800
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First Fleet Marines deaths on Norfolk Island
Three First Fleet Marines died on Norfolk Island Marine 1788: John Batchelor – Private 55th Company Portsmouth, HMS Sirius 1788:
Read MoreColonial Sentences to Norfolk Island 1789 – 1807
Norfolk Island was also a place of banishment for colonial sentences of secondary transportation and hard labour issued by authorities in NSW, namely the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Criminal Court), Judge Advocate’s Bench of Magistrates (Bench), and the Court of Enquires regarding the various Irish rebellions.
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