Jane Gordon Royal Admiral 1792
Janet (Jane) Scattergood died on 13 Dec 1838 at Back River, New Norfolk, VDL arrived in NSW as Janet Gordon a convict per Royal Admiral 1792
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Third Fleet 1791
Heritage and History Tours and Holidays on Norfolk Island
Australian History Research in conjunction with Heritage Tourism hosts tours to Norfolk Island.
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Family history reports Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814
Australian History Research provides family history reports for Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814
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Thomas Huckles, Convict, Salamander 1791
Thomas Huckles convict arrived in NSW per Salamander in August 1791 with the Third Fleet .
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Jervis Bay or Jarvis Bay – that is the question
In August 1791 the bay was entered and named by Lieutenant Bowen aboard the convict transport ship Atlantic of the Third Fleet in honour of Admiral John Jervis.
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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1792 to 1796 Victualing Book Norfolk Island Webinar
Webinar on the 1792 to 1796 Victualing Book Norfolk island as a historical research tool. The NIVB is not a
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