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First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Shipping records 

Ships Marines HMS Sirius 1787 to 1790

June 14, 2024August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius

List of Ships Marines who served on HMS Sirius 1787 to 1790

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Location of Norfolk Island Seaman Settlers in 1819

June 6, 2024May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn Asia 1795, Britannia 1794

Abdilla, Muhammad: No record but still residing in Hobart in 1822. Antonia, Bastian: Not known last record; Sep 1817: 30

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First Fleet Marines deaths on Norfolk Island

May 28, 2024January 26, 2025 Cathy Dunn Atlantic 1791, Charlotte 1788, Friendship 1788, HMS Sirius, Prince of Wales 1788

Three First Fleet Marines died on Norfolk Island Marine 1788: John Batchelor – Private 55th Company Portsmouth, HMS Sirius 1788:

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1792 to 1796 Victualing Book Norfolk Island Webinar

April 8, 2024May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Webinar on the 1792 to 1796 Victualing Book Norfolk island as a historical research tool. The NIVB is not a

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Kitty March 1793 Norfolk Island to Port Jackson
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Children who departed Norfolk Island for Port Jackson per Kitty March 1793

February 19, 2024March 30, 2025 Cathy Dunn Kitty 1793

The Kitty embarkation of Mar 1793 was the beginning of an exodus of free and expired convict settlers from Norfolk Island.

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Directory of Norfolk Island First Settlement 1788-1814

February 12, 2024July 11, 2025 Cathy Dunn

This directory of names created by University of New England (UNE) identifies most individuals associated with the ‘First Settlement’ phase

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1819 Muster Female Convicts Hobart

February 2, 2024April 14, 2025 Cathy Dunn

The 1819 muster of female convicts in Hobart Town is extracted from a larger set of muster rolls and land grants for the settlements of Van Diemen’s Land. 

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First Fleet 1788 Out of Print Shipping records 

HMS Sirius Norfolk Island 1790 (out of print)

November 1, 2023August 28, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMS Sirius

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. 

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City of Edinburgh 1808 Norfolk Island

May 24, 2023January 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn City of Edinburgh 1808

City of Edinburgh which departed Norfolk Island on 9 September 1808

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Stowaways per Admiral Barrington 1792

March 24, 2023May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn Admiral Barrington 1792, Fancy, Francis, HMS Reliance, Salamander 1791

List of stowaways smuggled on board the Admiral Barrington 1792 by seamen at Port Jackson

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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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