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First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Webinars 

Landholders Norfolk Island 1807 Webinar

April 9, 2025May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMS Porpoise

Webinar reviewing landholders Convict Settler Andrew Goodwin and Seaman Settler William Hambly on Norfolk Island Seaman Settlers of Colonial Norfolk

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Marriages 1791 Norfolk Island
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Norfolk Island Marriages Nov 1791

March 28, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Even though there are no official contemporaneous records of the actual marriages of November 1791 on Norfolk Island there are

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Water Stories: NSW History Week 2025

January 17, 2025March 30, 2025 Cathy Dunn

History Week will commence on Saturday 6 September and finish on Sunday 14 September 2025. History Week is the annual,

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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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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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How Devonshire Street Cemetery is presented in the digital world

March 24, 2023May 8, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Presentation or webinar on how the Devonshire Street Cemetery Sydney is presented today as public history in our digital world presentation.

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Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809
Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications Shipping records VDL 

Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809

October 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn

The Early Years provides details of historical documents, chronicles the migration and settlement of the Norfolk Island settlers to Hobart

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

Norfolk Island Landholders 1794 – 1807

July 2, 2025July 31, 2025 Cathy Dunn
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
Convicts First Fleet 1788 Publications Shipping records 

HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children

March 19, 2025July 11, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809
Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications Shipping records VDL 

Norfolk Islanders at Hobart: The Early Years 1805 – 1809

October 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, 2025October 13, 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
Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Second Fleet 1790 VDL 

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

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