Family history reports Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814
Australian History Research provides family history reports for Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814
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Cemeteries and Burials
New Death Records NSW 1795
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)
Our publication Turtle Bay Burial Ground Norfolk Island was collated as a reference resource booklet for family historians. Included is
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Shadows of the Past Norfolk Island Colonial Headstones
This booklet provides photos and details on the known First Settlement (Colonial Settlement 1788 – 1814) headstones located at the Norfolk Island Cemetery
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First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island
Some 65% of the First Fleet 1788 of convicts, marines, ships crew, ship marines, free people lived on Norfolk Island at some time during the Colonial Settlement 1788 to 1814.
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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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