Jerry Bailey Burial Ground Shoalhaven Heads
the earliest known burial site in the City of Shoalhaven, used from 1830 to 1917 for both European and Aboriginal 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.
Read MoreWilliam Ashford, An incorrigible lad 1792
William Ashford, described in 1792 as an “incorrigible lad” dismissed from the NSW Corps, was repeatedly sent between Port Jackson and Norfolk Island after discharge and later convictions, he was ultimately sentenced to seven years’ hard labour on Norfolk Island. His later fate is uncertain, though he likely died there between 1797 and 1801.
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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 Out of Print
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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