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Some Norfolk Islanders at New Norfolk VDL 1816

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn City of Edinburgh 1808, Hillsborough 1799, HMS Porpoise, Lady Nelson 1808, Matilda 1791, Neptune 1790, Scarborough 1790

Norfolk Islanders listed in the Muster of Persons Victualled from His Majesty’s Magazine at Hobart Town VDL 1816 Names in

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First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart

August 12, 2025October 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn Alexander 1788, Charlotte 1788, Estramina 1808, Friendship 1788, HMS Sirius, Lady Juliana 1790, Lady Nelson 1808, Lady Penrhyn 1788, Neptune 1790, Scarborough 1788, Scarborough 1790

Some of the First and Second Fleeters buried at St David’s Cemetery Hobart

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Charlotte Burrows nee Loveridge (1792 – 1837)

April 4, 2025October 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn City of Edinburgh 1808, Royal Admiral 1792

New research for our publication Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge: Royal Admiral 1792 has proven that Charlotte Loveridge, born

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

October 20, 2024October 6, 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, 2024October 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn City of Edinburgh 1808

  More details on the City of Edinburgh 1808

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1819 Muster Female Convicts Hobart

February 2, 2024October 6, 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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Ships arrivals and departures Norfolk Island 1808

March 13, 2015October 6, 2025 Cathy Dunn Ann 1808, City of Edinburgh 1808, Eliza 1808, Elizabeth 1808, Endeavour 1808, Estramina 1808, Lady Nelson 1808, Mercury 1808, Santa Anna 1808, Sarah 1808, Seringapatam 1808, Venus 1808

List of ships arriving and departing Norfolk Island and dates in 1808

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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
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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
Some Norfolk Islanders at New Norfolk VDL 1816
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Some Norfolk Islanders at New Norfolk VDL 1816

October 6, 2025October 6, 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, 2025October 6, 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

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