Norfolk Island
the Norfolk pine
Norfolk Island, island, dependency of Australia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about 1496 km (about 930 mi) east of the country. Kingston, a popular tourist center for Australians and New Zealanders, is the chief settlement and main port. Grain, vegetables, fruit, and flowers are produced on the island. Norfolk Island was sighted in 1774 by the English explorer Captain James Cook.
the colonial block
It was a British penal colony from 1788 to 1814 and
again from 1825 to 1855. Descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers were relocated
here in 1856 from Pitcairn Island. Norfolk Island was separated from New South
Wales and made an Australian territory in 1914. Area, 35 sq km (13 sq mi);
population (1991) 1,912.
Text from Microsoft Encarta
preserving the island settler's history
the sea coast
old cemetery
graves
from the colonial period
gravestone
less prestigious gravestone
former home and pines
colonial building
view of the military block
the prison
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