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Early Australian bushrangers - Australia's Culture PortalMcFarlane & Erskine, Gold escort attacked by bushrangers, 187-, print: lithograph. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia: nla.pic-an8420450. Black Caesar escaped into the bush in 1790 with a musket where he later joined five or six other es...
In 1788, the eleven ships of the First Fleet landed their 'cargo' of around 780 British convicts at Botany Bay in New South Wales. From 1788 to 1823, the Colony of New South Wales was officially a penal colony comprised mainly of convicts, marines and th...
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. However, Australia is actually made up of more than 8,000 islands, including the island state of Tasmania. Norfolk Island is located far off the east coast of Australia. ...
In the early days of the Australian colonies, convict ballads and songs became the foundation of Australia's later day folk music and its first original compositions. Bush songs, ballads and music influenced and defined the folk music of the 1950s. Indi...
In 1788 the First Fleet landed at Camp Cove in Port Jackson with the 'cargo' of convicts which helped establish the penal colony of New South Wales. One in five of the convicts to arrive in the penal colony (1788-1823) was female and they made up the lar...
J. C. Armytage, Return of Burke and Wills to Coopers Creek, engraving, in Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, opp. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia. Explorers set out to discover rivers and land suitable for agriculture as well as to surv...
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Information about Norfolk Island including its constitutional status and governmental arrangements, as well as information for those wanting to travel to the Island.
Norfolk Island - The Web Site (more info)
This site has comprehensive information on Norfolk Island, which is situated 1700 kilometres north-east of Sydney. The site has details of the island's history, colonisation, settlements, government and a virtual tour.
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NORFOLK ISLAND (website Tourism New South Wales )More Information>Tintoela Of Norfolk>Harpers Road, Norfolk Island>Telephone: 0011 6723 22946>www.tintoela.nf>Prices start from $275 per couple per night including car hire. Phillip & Nepean Islands>Norfolk Island and it's off shore islands Nepean and Phil...
Norfolk Island is just over 2 hours flying time from Sydney and Newcastle and Norfolk Air will get you there. Bounty Divers has been on Norfolk Island for 30 years. Norfolk Island and it's off shore islands Nepean and Philip Islands are of volcanic orig...
Norfolk Island is an island off the coast of New South Wales and is under the jurisdiction of that state..... Only nine kilometres across at its widest point and home to less than 2,000 people, Norfolk Island has nonetheless had its moments of history. T...
PO Box 310 NORFOLK ISLAND NSW 2899 Ph: 0011 6723 22695 Fax: 0011 6723 23397 Email: - Web Site: www.environment.gov.au/parks/norfolk/visitor-activities/botanic.html Authority: Commonwealth Department of Environment and `heritage Established: 1985 Area: 5.5...
The Norfolk Island Administration has responsibility for deciding whether they will allow an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident to travel to Norfolk Island without a passport. The Norfolk Island Government also requires those who are not...
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The Norfolk Island Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor multicolor (Robin) and Norfolk Island Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis xanthoprocta (Whistler) are only found on Norfolk Island (29002'S, 167057'E). Although once found throughout the forests of ...
Captain James Cook first landed on the island in 1788 and within the next twenty six years, forty percent of the islands natural vegetation was cleared. Norfolk Island is situated 1676 kilometres north east of Sydney, at 167°57' East, 29°02' Sout...
As a place of secondary punishment, KAVHA developed a reputation as one of the harshest and cruellest of Australia's penal settlements. KAVHA is located on the southern side of Norfolk Island, which lies 1,600 kilometres to the east-north-east of Sydney....
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Most publications are available as PDF files. Rare and threatened species, unique and beautiful natural places and historic sites have been protected for many years. This booklet describes the ways the EPBC Act (the Environment Protection and Biodiversi...
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