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Norfolk Island [1] Marathon: 3:30:20 James Donaldson: 28 July 2002 Commonwealth Games: Manchester, United Kingdom [1] 110 m hurdles: 19.1 h: Robert Foote: 2 December 1992 Middlegate, Norfolk Island [1] 400 m hurdles: 1:24.43 Kenny Christopher: 11 December 2001 South Pacific Mini Games: Middlegate, Norfolk Island [1] 3000 m steeplechase: 11:32.2 ...
Norfolk Island (/ ˈ n ɔːr f ə k / NOR-fək, locally / ˈ n ɔːr f oʊ k / NOR-fohk; [9] Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen [10]) is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, approximately 1,412 km (877 mi; 762 nmi) east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 km (560 mi; 490 nmi) from Lord Howe Island.
The episode featured Norfolk Island's policy of culling growing cattle populations by killing older cattle and feeding the carcasses to tiger sharks well off the coast. This is done to help prevent tiger sharks from coming further toward shore in search of food. Norfolk Island holds one of the largest populations of tiger sharks in the world.
Norfolk Island Museum is a museum organisation on Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia in the southern Pacific Ocean. The museum comprises five sites and collections that include archaeological, archival and social history objects that reflect subsequent waves of forced migration to the island.
Burnt Pine (Norf'k: Ban Pain [1]) is the largest town on Norfolk Island, an Australian external territory located in the Pacific Ocean between New Caledonia and New Zealand.It is the main commercial hub of the island, and travel from one side of the island to another generally involves passing through Burnt Pine as the island's sole thoroughfare runs through the town's centre.
Norfolk Island pines have beautiful branches in a whorled pattern with soft, touchable foliage. In its natural habitat, it can reach up to 200 feet tall, but indoors, it maxes out at 6 to 10 feet ...
Lagunaria was first discovered by Colonel W. Paterson, who first sent seeds to England while stationed on Norfolk Island in 1792. [2] Paterson was only an amateur botanist, the manuscript of flora he compiled during his time there being evidence of this. [14] Paterson was on Norfolk Island between the 4th of November 1791 and the 9th of March 1793.
The park’s area includes the Mount Pitt section on the namesake Norfolk Island with an area of 4.60 km 2 (1.78 sq mi) / 460 ha (1,100 acres), as well as the neighbouring Phillip Island encompassing 1.90 km 2 (0.73 sq mi) / 190 ha (470 acres), [1] and the much smaller Nepean Island. The Norfolk Island group is a Commonwealth of Australia ...