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In 1824 the British government instructed the Governor of New South Wales Thomas Brisbane to occupy Norfolk Island as a place to send "the worst description of convicts". Its remoteness, seen previously as a disadvantage, was now viewed as an asset for the detention of the "twice-convicted" men, who had committed further crimes since arriving ...
Remains of Norfolk Island gaol. In 1824, the British government instructed the Governor of New South Wales, Thomas Brisbane, to reoccupy Norfolk Island as a place to send "the worst description of convicts". Its remoteness, previously seen as a disadvantage, was now viewed as an asset for the detention of recalcitrant male prisoners.
In 1786 the British government included Norfolk Island as an auxiliary settlement, proposed by Sir John Call.When the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson in January 1788, its commander, Captain Arthur Phillip, ordered Lieutenant Philip Gidley King to take control of the island and prepare for its commercial development.
Norfolk Island twice served as a penal colony, from March 1788 to February 1814, and from 1825 to 1853. During both periods the government in the Colony of New South Wales transferred convicts that had been brought to Australia on to the island. At first the intent was to settle and develop the island.
Probably to prevent open conflict, Phillip sent Ross to Norfolk Island in March 1790. Here, following the wreck of Sirius and the stranding of its crew on the island, Ross proclaimed martial law for four months. His attempts to clear more land so that the convicts could grow most of their own food increased their discontent at the additional ...
Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (died 1773) William Hulme (British Army officer) L. Lady Franklin (barque) N. N Force; Norfolk Island convict mutinies
President of the Island Council: 1967 to 1974: William M. Randall: 1974 to 1976: Richard Albert Bataille: 1976 to 1978: William Arthur Blucher: 10 August 1978: Restoration of self-government: 10 August 1979 to 21 May 1986: David Buffett: Chief Minister: 21 May 1986 to 22 May 1989: John Terence Brown: President of the Legislative Assembly: 22 ...
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.