Beneath the Pines Norfolk Island Marriages November 1791
The early Norfolk Island marriage register for Rev. Richard Johnson’s November 1791 visit are missing or were never kept, leaving
Read more
Publications
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. May 2026 Book of the Month: all orders will also receive an electronic copy of Norfolk Island’s Land Allotments Dec 1791: Norfolk Island land lots were undersized, boundaries were out of place and some lots were even crossing each other. Norfolk Island, Commandant Philip Gidley King proposed replotting the fronts of the settlers lots along each side and the Phillipsburgh and Queensborough roads, leaving the proper government lots, which could be then could be occupied by settlers or convict settlers’ leases in the future. Includes a copy of the earliest lot map of lands on Norfolk Island.
Read more
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The Early Years provides details of historical documents, chronicles the migration and settlement of the Norfolk Island settlers to Hobart and their lives from 1805 to 1809. Capturing the challenges, land allocations, social dynamics, and official correspondence surrounding the evacuation of Norfolk Island and the establishment of settlers in the Hobart area and its surroundings.
Read more
Norfolk Island History Publications
List of historical books published by Australian History Research about Norfolk Island
Read more
Love and Land: Female Landholders Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 ebook
Includes the collating and cross referencing of all the primary records relating to land ownership, grants and leases, dwellings and land sizes and usage on Norfolk Island featuring women in addition to their husbands and defacto partners.
Read more
Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807
Paradise on Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807 provides a detailed timeline of the diverse historical records relating to
Read more
HMS Sirius Norfolk Island 1790
HMS Sirius Norfolk Island 1790 full colour booklet tells the story of HMS voyage and wreck on Norfolk Island March 1790 along with the passenger lists of Convicts, Marines, Civil personnel, children and the shipwrecked crew who were stranded on Norfolk Island.
Read more