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Capital: Kingston (historic seat of government); Burnt Pine (main town)Population: ~2,000 (2,188 at the 2021 census)Founded: 1856 (Pitcairn Islander resettlement); Australian territory since 1914Region: OceaniaLanguages: enCurrency: Australian Dollar (AUD)

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Everything about Norfolk Island

Books & Literature

Classics, poetry, folklore & free-to-read texts of Norfolk Island

Quotes & Proverbs

Native wisdom, proverbs & famous words from Norfolk Island

Authors, leaders & cultural figures of Norfolk Island

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Travel & Places

Provinces, must-see spots & travel tips for Norfolk Island

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The latest announcements from across the ZakGT platform

Dishes, recipes & places to eat across the ZakGT food atlas

Notable people from Norfolk Island

Philip Gidley King

First Commandant of Norfolk Island; later Governor of New South Wales

He founded and commanded the first European settlement of Norfolk Island in 1788, later becoming Governor of New South Wales.

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Alexander Maconochie

Penal Reformer and Commandant

As commandant of Norfolk Island's penal settlement he pioneered the "mark system", a forerunner of modern parole.

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George Hunn Nobbs

Pitcairn and Norfolk Island Chaplain

He led the Pitcairn Islander community as pastor and teacher and helped arrange its 1856 resettlement on Norfolk Island.

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Colleen McCullough

Author and Norfolk Island Resident

World-bestselling author of The Thorn Birds who made Norfolk Island her home for 35 years.

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Traditional Norf'k Wisdom

Folk & Oral Tradition

The shared, author-less body of Norf'k sayings and figurative expressions carried by the Norfolk Island community.

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Sir Ralph Darling

Governor of New South Wales (Second Penal Settlement era)

As Governor of New South Wales he intensified Norfolk Island's use as a place of extreme secondary punishment for reoffending convicts.

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Sir Thomas Brisbane

Governor of New South Wales (Founder of the Second Penal Settlement)

As Governor of New South Wales he re-established Norfolk Island as a penal settlement in 1825, intended as the harshest station of secondary punishment in the empire.

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Sir Francis Forbes

First Chief Justice of New South Wales

As first Chief Justice of New South Wales, he testified to the severity of punishment on Norfolk Island and repeatedly checked the power of its governors.

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John Giles Price

Civil Commandant of Norfolk Island

As the only civilian commandant of Norfolk Island's second penal settlement, his uncompromising, punishment-first regime made him one of colonial Australia's most notorious administrators.

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Last Chief Minister of Norfolk Island

As Norfolk Island's final Chief Minister, he governed through the abolition of the territory's self-government in 2015 and publicly defended islanders' right to self-determination.

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Fletcher Christian

Mutiny Leader and Founder of the Pitcairn Settlement

Led the 1789 Bounty mutiny and founded the hidden settlement on Pitcairn Island that became the ancestral home of today's Pitcairn Islanders.

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