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Early Australian bushrangers - Australia's Culture Portal

McFarlane & 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...

Convicts and the British colonies in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Australian islands - Australia's Culture Portal

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. ...

Australian folk music - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Convict women in Port Jackson - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Early explorers - Australia's Culture Portal

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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Norfolk Island   (more info)

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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NMA Collections Search - An Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice at Norfolk Island, 13 August 1834   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. / An Act for the more effectual Administration of / Justice at Norfolk Island. Collection statement of significanceThe 1834 Act of Parliament entitled, 'An Act for the more effectu...

Pilots commended for Norfolk Island emergency landing | The Courier-Mail   (website The Courier-Mail )

Welcome to The Courier-Mail. Pel-Air Aviation chairman John Sharp said Captain James and his crew had shown skill and poise in the emergency. The pilots are responsible for their passengers and they would have known that they had no fuel for a contingency...

PART SHELF OF HARD COVERS ON VARIOUS TOPICS INCL. A NORFOLK ISLAND STAMP BOOK, Leonard Joel Auctions, Calender, Australian Auctioneers   (website Leonard Joel )

PART SHELF OF HARD COVERS ON VARIOUS TOPICS INCL. European & Australian Decorative Arts and Fine Furniture Auction Melbourne, 23 & 24 November>Posted 6 November 2009 SUCCESSFUL RESULTS ACROSS ALL PERIODS AND REGIONS CONFIRMS THE SUNDAY ART SALE,ÄôS DEPTH...

Norfolk Island, BLUElink Ocean Forecast Products   (website Bureau of Meteorology )

You may need to update your browser to view the Oceanography pages. > Home | About Us | Learn about Meteorology | Contacts | Search | Help | Feedback > Weather and Warnings | Climate | Hydrology | Numerical Prediction | About Services | Registered Users ...

Norfolk Island Heritage Tourism   (website Heritage Tourism )

Interpretive history tours are available at the Kingtson Arthur´s Vale Historic Area on Norfolk Island (KAVHA). Join the Historic Islands Cruise and learn about Norfolk Island history and heritage with the sea,from pre European, Captain Cooks Discovery, ...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=220777&search=fern&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=179045&search=fern&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=179140&search=fern&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/datab...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=216906&search=Norfolk&site_id=3 > C3846 Stone water filter and wooden stand, Norfolk Island Dripstone http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=216906&search=Norfolk&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=8...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=121132&search=pier&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=121133&search=pier&site_id=3 > 92/1398 Sign, timber/paint, Manly Fun Pier, Australia, 1960-1972 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=121133&sea...

Dec 4-11 - Norfolk Island - Jazz In The Pines   (website Victorian Jazz Club )

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Norfolk Island Poster   (website State Records Authority of New South Wales )

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Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=257632&search=pick&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=257630&search=pick&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=62980&search=pick&site_id=3 > 86/3343 Tooth Collection: Pick Head, metal, 193...

Norfolk Island Botanic Gardens   (website(s) Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta    Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) )

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...