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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. Explorers set out to discover rivers and land suitable for agriculture as well as to survey the land. A major expedition usually produced a p...
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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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Deaths Burials 1788 Sydney Botany Bay Norfolk Island Australia (website Cathy Dunn - Historian & Publisher )A Voyage to New South Wales, December 1786 - May 1792 Cobley, John, Sydney Cove 1788, Angus & Robertson, North Ryde Sydney, 1980. The Search for John Small First Fleeter, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1985. The Forgotten generations of Norfolk Is...
References & Links All Sydney deaths, are burials at the Old Sydney Burial ground unless noted Baxter, Carol J. (ed). Musters and lists, New South Wales and Norfolk Island, 1800-1802, ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydne...
References & Links Cobley, John, Sydney Cove 1788, Angus & Robertson, North Ryde Sydney, 1980. Cobley, John, Sydney Cove 1789-1790, Angus & Robertson, North Ryde Sydney, 1989. The Forgotten generations of Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land, Library of Au...
St Johns Parramatta, m2 James Brackenrigg 28 Jan 1796, Catherine arrived free Surprize 1790 - Mrs Joseph EADES nee Miller/Millard, Joseph died 1796. Died April 1804 Headstone Fa: George Guest Mo: Mary Bateman convict Lady Juliana 1790 m. Sarah Smith Con...
Combined Execution Sydney 1 Jul 1807, burial unknown. Combined Execution Sydney 1 Jul 1807, burial unknown of EADES - HIGGINS - MORGON - MURRAY, Robert and YEATES, BENJAMIN. SG 3 Jul 1807: On Friday morning the five criminals capitally condemned before ...
TSUNAMI ALERT for coastal areas of New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island <br/>TSUNAMI ALERT for people in coastal areas of New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk <br/>Island <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE FOLLOWING...
A proposal to establish an Internet-based university on Norfolk Island is being opposed by the Tertiary Education Union which says it would undermine existing national standards. Use these social-bookmarking links to share Internet Uni proposed for Norfol...
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The Norfolk Island Gerygone (Gerygone modesta) is a species of Bird" title="Bird">bird in the Pardalotidae" title="Pardalotidae">Pardalotidae family. It is Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic to Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island. Its ...
Walk search New to Wildwalks Walks by Time Walks by Grade Walks by Location Walks by Park / Region Near Sydney South Coast and Highlands Hunter & Mid North Coast New England Tablelands Northern Rivers Central NSW Outback NSW This article is licensed under...
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