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HMS Sirius

Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 

The Earliest Settlers Lots Map of Norfolk Island

January 15, 2025June 15, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMS Sirius, Kitty 1793, Queen 1791

Grimes’s survey of settlers lots map of December 1791 is the earliest Settlers Lots Map of Norfolk Island

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Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines 

First Fleet Deaths Norfolk Island

January 12, 2025August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Alexander 1788, Charlotte 1788, Friendship 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Lady Penrhyn 1788, Prince of Wales 1788, Scarborough 1788

List of the 43 deaths of First Fleeters on Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 including convicts, marines, ships crew and free people

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Kitty March 1793 Norfolk Island to Port Jackson
Cemeteries and Burials Convicts First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications Second Fleet 1790 Shipping records Showcase Third Fleet 1791 VDL 

Norfolk Island History Publications

October 20, 2024November 2, 2025 Cathy Dunn Estramina 1808, Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Porpoise, 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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Convicts First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 NSW Corps Shipping records 

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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First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island

June 24, 2024August 13, 2025 Cathy Dunn Estramina 1808, Golden Grove 1788, HMAT Supply, HMS Sirius, Kitty 1793, Lady Nelson 1808, Lady Nelson 1810

Some 60% of the First Fleet 1788 of convicts, marines, ships crew, ship marines, free people lived on Norfolk Island at some time during the Colonial Settlement 1788 to 1814.

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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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Cemeteries and Burials First Fleet 1788 Shipping records 

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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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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First Fleet 1788 

Draught (Draft) plans of HMS Berwick – HMS Sirius

May 15, 2023May 15, 2025 Cathy Dunn HMAT Supply, HMS Berwick, HMS Reliance, HMS Sirius, Waaksamheid

HMS Sirius was originally the merchant ship Berwick, which was refitted out as HMS Berwick in early 1782 by the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned

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Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807
Convicts First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications 

Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn

Paradise on Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807 provides a detailed timeline of the diverse historical records relating to

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, 2025October 22, 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
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: Shipwrecked or not Shipwrecked? That is the question
Convicts First Fleet 1788 First Fleet Marines Presentations Shipping records 

HMS Sirius: Shipwrecked or not Shipwrecked? That is the question

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Convict Family to live on Phillip Island Norfolk Island 1795
Convicts Profiles Second Fleet 1790 

Convict Family to live on Phillip Island Norfolk Island 1795

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Cathy Dunn
FAQ travelling to Norfolk Island for Holiday Makers
Norfolk Island Tours 

FAQ travelling to Norfolk Island for Holiday Makers

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807
Convicts First Fleet 1788 Norfolk Island Landholders 1788 to 1814 Publications 

Norfolk Island: Goodwin Family 1790 – 1807

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn
Call for Convict Research Volunteers
Convicts Resources 

Call for Convict Research Volunteers

October 20, 2025October 20, 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, 2025October 22, 2025 Cathy Dunn

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