Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809
The Early Years provides details of historical documents, chronicles the migration and settlement of the Norfolk Island settlers to Hobart
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Author: Cathy Dunn
Some Norfolk Islanders at New Norfolk VDL 1816
Norfolk Islanders listed in the Muster of Persons Victualled from His Majesty’s Magazine at Hobart Town VDL 1816 Names in
Read moreJerry Bailey Burial Ground Shoalhaven Heads
the earliest known burial site in the City of Shoalhaven, used from 1830 to 1917 for both European and Indigenous burials
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Muster of Settlers Hobart 1809: Norfolk Islanders
A General Muster of Settlers was conducted at the River Derwent Settlement VDL. This Muster recorded a total of 157 settlers, of whom 113 are identified as Norfolk Islanders. The muster provides valuable information about the composition of the early Hobart population, include size of land holdings, and numbers of people include wives and children who were on or off the stores.
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First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart
Some of the First and Second Fleeters buried at St David’s Cemetery Hobart
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Marine and Seaman Settlers who departed Norfolk Island per Kitty 1793
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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HMAT Supply vs HMS Supply
HMAT Supply, was a Royal Navy vessel which arrived, as vanguard of the First Fleet, at Botany Bay on 18 Jan 1788.
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Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807
Publication with the primary records relating to all land ownership, grants and leases from 1794 to 1807 for Norfolk Island’s colonial settlement.
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Garrison Marines HMS Sirius 1788
Misattributed Marine arrivals on HMS Sirius Jan 1788 to NSW and the distinction between Garrison Marines and Ship Marines
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Third fleeters living on Norfolk Island Oct 1808 – 1814
List of third fleet convicts, NSW Corps, free who lived on Norfolk Island at some time from October 1808 to
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