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As twilight fades into a Norfolk night you’ll experience an uncanny beauty. In velvety darkness, or under star-spangled skies, the Island is magical and strangely surreal. On certain evenings, as the full moon emerges, time seems to stand still and […]
230 years ago, an event occurred which so calamitous in nature that it nearly changed the course of Australia’s history – the wrecking of HMS Sirius on 19 March 1790. Originally named the Berwick, the ship had been built as […]
This is the story of a simple writing desk which was crafted on Norfolk Island about 150 years ago. The desk would later be transported to England, and more than a century later, it would return to Norfolk Island. In […]
Settlement by Polynesians on Norfolk Island had been temporary and perhaps intermittent. During the penal era, the Island was more a place to escape from, and the separation from ‘home’ in Britain was felt by all. From the first day […]
Shards from Time: First Fleet china at Norfolk Island Museum. The comforts of home are an important psychological necessity for most people, providing comfort, emotional security and a tie to loved ones. Whether moving next door or across the world, […]
With more than 14,000 artefacts, the Norfolk Island Museums exhibit items from all four periods of Norfolk history – Polynesian, First British Settlement, Second British Settlement and the Pitcairn Settlement. Some of the more beautiful artefacts are those that represent […]
Story 1: James Yukio Tanabe It was Christmas Day 1943 on Norfolk Island. It had been exactly one year since the first plane had landed at the newly constructed airfield. At Emily bay, the waves lapped gently on the warm […]
Both Norfolk and Phillip Islands are almost entirely volcanic except the Kingston lowlands and Nepean Island. Following on from the volcanic period, sea levels fell and rose multiple times; extensive reef areas were exposed and eroded. These eroded fragments were […]
The world’s earliest explorers and navigators set off to discover new lands with the basic survival requirements of water, air, shelter and food, if any one of these basic needs were not met, life would be threatened. The drive to […]
He was known as Roy – a photographer, ornithologist, naturalist and a spiritualist. His namesake and place of birth is an island in the Kermadec Group known as Raoul or Sunday Island. Roy came to Norfolk Island in 1911 and […]
