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Author: Cathy Dunn

Convicts Resources Shipping records 

Distribution Lists: Convicts Arriving in NSW 1813-1822

July 5, 2024August 19, 2024 Cathy Dunn

The Australian Research Council-Discovery Project, Enquiring Into Empire (DP180100537), and has been compiled by staff, students and associates involved in

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Kitty March 1793 Norfolk Island to Port Jackson
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Norfolk Island Ancestry Tour: March 2026

June 14, 2024May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Norfolk Island has a fascinating history, particularly concerning convicts from 1788 to 1855. Norfolk Island offers a rich history for

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First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Profiles Shipping records 

Location of Norfolk Island Seaman Settlers in 1819

June 6, 2024May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn Asia 1795, Britannia 1794

Abdilla, Muhammad: No record but still residing in Hobart in 1822. Antonia, Bastian: Not known last record; Sep 1817: 30

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Cemeteries and Burials First Fleet 1788 Shipping records 

First Fleet Marines deaths on Norfolk Island

May 28, 2024January 26, 2025 Cathy Dunn Atlantic 1791, Charlotte 1788, Friendship 1788, HMS Sirius, Prince of Wales 1788

Three First Fleet Marines died on Norfolk Island Marine 1788: John Batchelor – Private 55th Company Portsmouth, HMS Sirius 1788:

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Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge, Royal Admiral 1792
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Postage to New Zealand: Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge, Royal Admiral 1792

May 24, 2024January 23, 2025 Cathy Dunn Royal Admiral 1792

Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge is the story of some and historical insight  from the early colony of NSW,

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Milton Ulladulla NSW Historical Publications

May 12, 2024May 12, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Range of historical publications on the Milton Ulladulla district South Coast NSW by historian Cathy Dunn

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Value of Huts held by NSW Corps but not Landholders 1805 Norfolk Island

May 8, 2024May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

George Benson: Solider, wife and 5 children, £8. # William Bohannon: Solider, wife and 3 children, £4 # William Charlton:

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1792 to 1796 Victualing Book Norfolk Island Webinar

April 8, 2024May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Webinar on the 1792 to 1796 Victualing Book Norfolk island as a historical research tool. The NIVB is not a

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Selected Bibliography of Captain Cooks 2nd Voyage 1772 – 1775

March 1, 2024January 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMS Resolution

Selected Bibliography of HMS Resolution 1772 – 1775. The second exploration voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775 aboard HMS Resolution included the landing and naming of Norfolk Island on 10 Oct 1774.

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Kitty March 1793 Norfolk Island to Port Jackson
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Norfolk Island History Publications

February 20, 2024May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

List of historical books published by Australian History Research on Norfolk Island First Settlement

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Closure of Norfolk Island 1814
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Closure of Norfolk Island 1814

April 13, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

The Closure of Norfolk Island 1814 new publication by Australian History Research.

HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children
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HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children

March 19, 2025May 7, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Kitty Transport era from Norfolk Island 1793
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Kitty Transport era from Norfolk Island 1793

February 4, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Seaman Settlers of Colonial Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814
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Seaman Settlers of Colonial Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814

January 15, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Jane Gordon Royal Admiral 1792
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Jane Gordon Royal Admiral 1792

May 17, 2025May 17, 2025 Cathy Dunn
1792 Government House Norfolk Island
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1792 Government House Norfolk Island

May 7, 2025 Cathy Dunn
First Fleeters departed Norfolk Island 1814
First Fleet 1788 Shipping records 

First Fleeters departed Norfolk Island 1814

May 3, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn
HMS Sirius Crew not aboard the ship March 1790
First Fleet 1788 Shipping records 

HMS Sirius Crew not aboard the ship March 1790

April 16, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Surprize August 1790 Norfolk Island
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Surprize August 1790 Norfolk Island

April 13, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Closure of Norfolk Island 1814
First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications Second Fleet 1790 Shipping records 

Closure of Norfolk Island 1814

April 13, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

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