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Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809

October 13, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn

The Early Years provides details of historical documents, chronicles the migration and settlement of the Norfolk Island settlers to Hobart

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Cemeteries and Burials 

Jerry Bailey Burial Ground Shoalhaven Heads

September 18, 2025October 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn

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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First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart

August 12, 2025October 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn Alexander 1788, Charlotte 1788, Estramina 1808, Friendship 1788, HMS Sirius, Lady Juliana 1790, Lady Nelson 1808, Lady Penrhyn 1788, Neptune 1790, Scarborough 1788, Scarborough 1790

Some of the First and Second Fleeters buried at St David’s Cemetery Hobart

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Charlotte Burrows nee Loveridge (1792 – 1837)

April 4, 2025October 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn City of Edinburgh 1808, Royal Admiral 1792

New research for our publication Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge: Royal Admiral 1792 has proven that Charlotte Loveridge, born

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Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas with associated Families Norfolk Island Muster March 2026

March 30, 2025July 18, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMAT Supply, Lady Penrhyn 1788, Scarborough 1788

Nathaniel Lucas and Olivia Gascoigne/Gaskin arrived on Norfolk Island on 6 March 1788 aboard HMAT Supply. The March 2026 Family

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Heritage and History Tours and Holidays on Norfolk Island

March 24, 2025July 14, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Australian History Research in conjunction with Heritage Tourism hosts tours to Norfolk Island.

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First Fleet Deaths Norfolk Island

January 12, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Alexander 1788, Charlotte 1788, Friendship 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Lady Penrhyn 1788, Prince of Wales 1788, Scarborough 1788

List of the 43 deaths of First Fleeters on Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 including convicts, marines, ships crew and free people

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Family history reports Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814

January 2, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Australian History Research provides family history reports for Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814

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New Death Records NSW 1795

December 30, 2024May 3, 2025 Cathy Dunn Active 1791, Royal Admiral 1792, Salamander 1791

Recently located lurking in the Colonial Office records was a list of deaths for NSW 1795. Historian Cathy Dunn has crossed referenced this list with the burial records of St Phillips Sydney and St Johns Parramatta resulting in 11 new death details for 1795 for which no burial records exists.  

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Turtle Bay Burial Ground Norfolk Island (out of print)

November 13, 2024August 28, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Our publication Turtle Bay Burial Ground Norfolk Island was collated as a reference resource booklet for family historians. Included is

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Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807
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Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Paradise on Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807 provides a detailed timeline of the diverse historical records relating to

Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809
Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications Shipping records VDL 

Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809

October 13, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807
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Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807

July 2, 2025July 31, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Closure of Norfolk Island 1814
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Closure of Norfolk Island 1814

April 13, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn
HMS Sirius: Shipwrecked or not Shipwrecked? That is the question
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HMS Sirius: Shipwrecked or not Shipwrecked? That is the question

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Convict Family to live on Phillip Island Norfolk Island 1795
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Convict Family to live on Phillip Island Norfolk Island 1795

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Cathy Dunn
FAQ travelling to Norfolk Island for Holiday Makers
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FAQ travelling to Norfolk Island for Holiday Makers

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807
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Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Call for Convict Research Volunteers
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Call for Convict Research Volunteers

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809
Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications Shipping records VDL 

Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809

October 13, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn

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