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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 […]
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, […]
When the first resident of the house located at No. 1 Quality Row and now used by the Norfolk Island Golf Club left the Island in 1848, his departure was dramatically recorded in the Hobart Town Courier. Of Stipendiary Magistrate […]
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 […]
From the gates of Government House on Norfolk Island there is an obvious and overwhelming stature presented by this wonderful Georgian era house. Set in picturesque surroundings, with immaculate gardens and overlooking the convict era remains of the Kingston and […]
It is over two hundred years since Norfolk’s First British Settlement was completely abandoned. Burnt out ruins, farms rapidly returning to wilderness, and a few stray pigs, goats and chickens were all that remained after February, 1814. The original convict […]
As you travel on foot or by car around Norfolk Island the evidence of our historic past is clearly on display. From fully restored buildings in World Heritage Listed Kingston to rubble remains in a paddock or back garden, our […]
“Thirteen desperate men have been executed … and, we are informed, died penitent” These words are from the description in The Sydney and NSW Advertiser on Thursday 16 October 1834 of the execution of participants in one of Norfolk Island’s […]
