Norfolk Island Norfolk Island .nf is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Norfolk Island. ...more on Wikipedia about ".nf"
List of Administrative Heads of Norfolk Island, ( Australia) ...more on Wikipedia about "Administrative Heads of Norfolk Island"
Araucaria heterophylla (synonym A. excelsa) is a distinctive conifer, a member of the ancient and now disjointly distributed family Araucariaceae. As its vernacular name Norfolk Island Pine implies, the tree is endemic to Norfolk Island, though it is not a pine. The trees grow to a height of 50-65 m, with straight vertical trunks and symmetrical branches, even in the face of incessant onshore winds that can contort most other species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Araucaria heterophylla"
Burnt Pine is the largest and, by some measures, only settlement on Norfolk Island. It serves as the de facto capital of the island, as well as the commercial hub. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burnt Pine"
The flag of Norfolk Island was adopted on October 21, 1980. It depicts the Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla). ...more on Wikipedia about "Flag of Norfolk Island"
Foster Fyans (1790-1870), soldier, penal administrator and public servant, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, the first police magistrate at Geelong, and commissioner of crown lands for the Portland Bay pastoral district in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foster Fyans"
Geoffrey Robert Gardner (born 1960?) has been the chief minister of Norfolk Island since December 5, 2001. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geoffrey Robert Gardner"
Greenwich University is a now-defunct correspondence school that issued higher education degrees. Through most of its history it was not accredited by any recognised government body, though its period on Norfolk Island is still the subject of controversy. It is considered by some to have been a diploma mill, whilst others consider it to have been a legitimate alternative school. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greenwich University"
Captain H. Day, soldier and penal administrator, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, during its last days from September 1853 to May 1855. ...more on Wikipedia about "H. Day (Commandant)"
List of Heads of Government of Norfolk Island ...more on Wikipedia about "Heads of Government of Norfolk Island"
Ivens François "Toon" Buffett was the Lands Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Norfolk Island. He had previously served one term as Chief Executive. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ivens Buffett"
James Thomas Morisset (1782 - 1852), penal administrator, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from 29 June 1829 to 1834. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Thomas Morisset"
Janelle Patton was a Sydney woman who was brutally murdered on Norfolk Island in 2002. The case made national headlines in Australia, as she was the first person to be murdered there since 1855, when the island was a penal colony. ...more on Wikipedia about "Janelle Patton"
John Piper (1773-1851) was a military officer, public servant and landowner. He was born in Scotland on 20 April 1773, but his family came from Cornwall. He was commissioned as an ensign in the New South Wales Corps in 1791, and sailed on the convict ship Pitt, arriving in Sydney in February 1792. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Piper (military officer)"
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John Townson (1760-1835) was an army officer and settler in the colony of New South Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Townson"
Major Joseph Anderson (1790-1877), soldier and penal administrator, of the 50th Regiment, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from March 1834 to February 1839. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joseph Anderson (Commandant)"
Major Joseph Childs (1787-1870), soldier and penal administrator, of the Royal Marines, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from 7 February 1844 to August 1846. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joseph Childs"
Norfuk is a language spoken in Norfolk Island: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Norfuk words and English meanings"
Norfolk Island is a small inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, and along with two neighbouring islands forms one of Australia's external territories. The Norfolk Island pine, a symbol of the island pictured in its flag, is a very striking evergreen tree endemic to the island and is quite popular in Australia, where two related species grow. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norfolk Island"
The Norfolk Island Kaka (Nestor productus) was a large parrot with a prominent beak. Its plumage was olive-brown, with an orange throat and straw-coloured breast. It inhabited the rocks and treetops of Norfolk Island and the adjacent Phillip Island. It was a relative of the Kaka from New Zealand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norfolk Island Kaka"
Norfuk (increasingly spelled Norfolk) is the language spoken on Norfolk Island by the local residents. It is a blend of English of the 1700s and Tahitian originally introduced by Pitcairnese-speaking ("Pitkern") settlers from the Pitcairn Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norfuk language"
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Philip Gidley King ( 23 April 1758 - 3 September 1808) was an English naval officer and colonial administrator. He is best known as the official founder of the first European settlement on Norfolk Island and as the third Governor of New South Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Philip Gidley King"
Captain Richard Turton was an officer of the 40th Regiment stationed at Sydney. He was selected to lead the first party of convicts in the re-establishment of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island. The island had been abandoned since the first convict settlement was finally removed in 1814. The new settlement was intended to be the most severe settlement, where the worst convicts would be sent, without hope of escape and offering, in Governor Darling's view, “the extremest punishment short of death”. With 34 soldiers, 57 convicts, and 12 soldiers' wives and children, he landed on 6 June 1825. Most of the convicts were tradesmen to clear the regrowth and prepare buildings. A treadmill was planned, but never sent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Richard Turton"
Captain Robert Hunt, soldier and penal administrator, of the 57th Regiment was the fourth commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from November 1828 to February 1829. ...more on Wikipedia about "Robert Hunt (Commandant)"
Robert Ross (c.1740-1794) was the officer in charge of the First Fleet garrison of marines, and Lieutenant-Governor of the convict settlement of Norfolk Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Robert Ross (marine)"
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