Norfolk Island
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Convict Sydney
Norfolk Island
A hellish prison outpost was established in two phases on Norfolk Island between 1788 and 1855.
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Norfolk Island guide
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
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The Elizabeth Farm dripstone
Next time you turn on the tap and pour a glass of cool, clean water, think about how people in Sydney managed almost two hundred years ago