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The history of Norfolk Island is governed by the different settlement
periods.
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Discovery :
Captain Cook on the Resolution discovered the island on 10th October 1774. |
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1st Settlement :
1788 - 1814 Lieutenant Philip Gidley King arrived in HMS Supply on 6th
march 1788 to establish the settlement with 22 people including 15 convicts. They
landed at Sydney Bay (Kingston). The island was abandoned in February 1814. |
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2nd Settlement :
1825 - 1856 Captain R Turton , re-occupied the island in June 1825 as a settlement
for the "worst felons". This settlement period was renowned for the number
of convict uprisings, deaths and harsh treatments inflicted by some of the commandants.
The settlement closed in 1855 with only a skeleton population staying until 1856 to
hand over the island to the Pitcairners. |
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3rd Settlement :
8th June 1856 - 194 Pitcairn Islanders arrived to form the first free settlement on
Norfolk Island. The Pitcairners are descendants of the Bounty mutineers.
It is the descendants of these first free settlers who are today the Islanders
of Norfolk Island. |
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Created by : Susie Zada, Bellarine On-Line
© 1998 Norfolk Island Research & Genealogy Centre, Norfolk Island
Last revised : March 15, 2007.
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