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Convicts Shipping records 

Norfolk Island Brutus 1825 Shipping list

January 22, 2025April 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn Brutus 1825

Historian Cathy Dunn has identified the male convicts, convict wives and children who arrived on Norfolk Island per the Brutus in June 1825, for the island’s resettlement.

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

Seaman Settlers of Colonial Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814

January 15, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn Endeavour 1795, HMS Sirius, Hunter 1799

One may ask why after publishing many historical books on Norfolk Island’s Colonial Settlement 1788 – 1814, that we are

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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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Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge, Royal Admiral 1792
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Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge, Royal Admiral 1792

December 24, 2024December 27, 2024 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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Thomas Huckles, Convict, Salamander 1791

November 24, 2024April 14, 2025 Cathy Dunn Marquis Cornwallis, Salamander 1791

Thomas Huckles convict arrived in NSW per Salamander in August 1791 with the Third Fleet .

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

October 20, 2024August 28, 2025 Cathy Dunn Estramina 1808, Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Kangaroo 1814, Kitty 1793, Lady Nelson 1808, Royal Admiral 1792

List of historical books published by Australian History Research about Norfolk Island

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City of Edinburgh 1808 Norfolk Island to Hobart

August 9, 2024April 9, 2025 Cathy Dunn City of Edinburgh 1808

  More details on the City of Edinburgh 1808

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Francis July 1796 Passenger List

July 9, 2024August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Admiral Barrington 1792, Endeavour 1795, Francis, HMAT Supply, HMS Reliance, HMS Sirius, Pitt 1792

Passenger list for the Francis from Norfolk Island to Sydney July 1796, all passengers were removed off the stores on 9 Jul 1796 for the voyage to Sydney per schooner Francis.

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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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Minor Corrections and Addendums to Inhabitants Late 1808 – 1814 Book

June 21, 2024June 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn Britannia, Cumberland, Diana 1810, Hunter 1800, Indispensible, Kitty 1793, Lady Nelson 1810, Minstrel, Prince of Wales 1788, Speke 1808, Spring Grove

Arrival date of Hunter barque on Norfolk has been given in various places in the publication as 27 Jul 1800

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Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807
Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications 

Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807

July 2, 2025July 31, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Publication with the primary records relating to all land ownership, grants and leases from 1794 to 1807 for Norfolk Island’s colonial settlement.

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

March 19, 2025July 11, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Kitty Transport era from Norfolk Island 1793
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Kitty Transport era from Norfolk Island 1793

February 4, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Cemeteries and Burials 

Jerry Bailey Burial Ground Shoalhaven Heads

September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Muster of Settlers Hobart 1809: Norfolk Islanders
Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Shipping records 

Muster of Settlers Hobart 1809: Norfolk Islanders

September 18, 2025 Cathy Dunn
First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart
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First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart

August 12, 2025August 24, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Kitty March 1793 Norfolk Island to Port Jackson
First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 NSW Corps Shipping records 

Marine and Seaman Settlers who departed Norfolk Island per Kitty 1793

August 2, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn
HMAT Supply vs HMS Supply
First Fleet 1788 

HMAT Supply vs HMS Supply

July 15, 2025August 3, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807
Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications 

Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807

July 2, 2025July 31, 2025 Cathy Dunn

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