State Archives Collection

This webinar looks at the State Archives relating to the life and times of the people who lived on Norfolk Island in the 18th and 19th centuries

As well as being a penal establishment, one of the primary reasons for the first settlement at Norfolk Island was economic: the Colonial Government hoped to utilise the flax and pine trees on Norfolk Island

This Colonial Secretary's Special Bundle includes a variety of letters, papers and returns dating from 1794 to 1813