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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.
Politics of Norfolk Island takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic entity. Norfolk Island is the only non-mainland Australian territory to have achieved self-governance. The Norfolk Island Act 1979, passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1979, is the Act under which the island is governed.
Norfolk Island Territory of The Commonwealth of Australia: 1916: Charles Chase Ray Nobbs: President of the Executive Council: 1st term (contd.) 1916 to 1919: Matthew Frederick Howard Christian: 1919 to 1920: Albert Randall: 1st term 1921 to 1922: Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson: 1st term 1922 to 1923: Albert Randall: 2nd term 1924 to 1928: Eustace ...
Under the Norfolk Island Act 1913: 21 August 1913 to 30 August 1920: Michael Vincent Murphy: Administrator: 1st term 1 September 1920 to 30 June 1924: John William Parnell: 1 July 1924 to 16 October 1926: Edwin Thomas Leane: 1926 to 1926: Henry Stephenson Edgar: 1st term 1926 to 1 February 1927: Michael Vincent Murphy: 2nd term 1 February 1927 ...
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.
Also in the Caribbean, Page owns Eustatia Island, on the eastern end of the British Virgin Islands. In 2020, Page expanded to the South Pacific, purchasing a majority share in the deed for the ...
According to the Daily Mail, Desmond MacCarthy, who owns Norfolk’s Wiveton Hall Cafe, said that when George was shown the wood-fired pizza oven in the cafe, he reportedly exclaimed, ...
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