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Topic: Administrator of Norfolk Island


  
  Administrator of Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Norfolk Island - the Web Site Created by Norfolk Island's Society of Pitcairn Descendants and explores the history of Norfolk Island from its formation.
Norfolk Island Botanic Gardens The Norfolk Island Botanic Garden was declared jointly by the Norfolk Island and Commonwealth Governments in 1986 to provide a place where specimens of Norfolk's unique flora could be conveniently seen and appreciated.
Norfolk Island Internet A subsidiary of Norfolk Telecom, which is a government business enterprise, owned by the Administration of Norfolk Island.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Administrator_of_Norfolk_Island.html   (386 words)

  
 Norfolk Island - Bloodless Genocide
Norfolk Island was occupied as a possession of the British Crown.
Norfolk Island was henceforth to be a seperate and distinct colony for the former inhabitants of Pitcairn Island.
Much of the vice-regal dissatisfaction seems to stem from the cheerful willingness of the Norfolk Islanders to admit oursiders to their ranks as residents of the Island, usually through marriage to Pitcairn girls.[c] It was felt that the isolation of the islanders and their morals were being corrupted by these outside influences.
www.pitcairners.org /bloodless_genocide2.html   (6104 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Australian states and territories
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), styled HM The Queen (born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant and head of state of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent...
The Territory of Christmas Island is a small, non self-governing Territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, 2360 km northwest of Perth in Western Australia and 500 km south of Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Coral Sea Islands Territory includes a grouping of small tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, around 18° S 152° E. There are about 30 separate reefs and atolls, 12 of them wholly submerged or drying only during low tide, and 18 others with a...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Australian-states-and-territories   (3318 words)

  
 Norfolk Island
In 1856 the descendants of the Bounty were brought from Pitcairn Island to settle on Norfolk Island.
Norfolk is a territory "under the authority" of Australia but receives NO money from Australia except funding to maintain the Historic Convict buildings at Kingston and to manage the National Park.
Norfolk Island is a great to visit because of the people and the History, but do your duty free shopping in Australia before you leave.
www.pnc.com.au /~richo/norfolk.htm   (840 words)

  
 ALRC 69, App 3
The Territory of Norfolk Island is comprised of Norfolk Island and the nearby Nepean and Phillip Islands.
The island was reoccupied as a penal settlement from 1825 to 1855.
The Admininistrator of Norfolk Island is appointed by the Governor-General.
www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/alrc/publications/reports/69/vol2/ALRC69App3.html   (3244 words)

  
 Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden: Management
The Norfolk Island National Park Advisory Committee was established to advise the Norfolk Island Government and the Director of National Parks on the effective implementation of the Plans of Management and on other matters relevant to the Park.
Members to the committee are appointed by the Administrator on the advice of the Director of National Parks and the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly.
The Conservator is a member of the Norfolk Island National Park Advisory Committee and in 1998 was appointed by the Norfolk Island Minister of Immigration and Resource Management as one of the two Deputy Park Superintendents.
www.deh.gov.au /parks/norfolk/management.html   (1153 words)

  
 Australian States and Territories - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Administrators of the Northern Territory and of Norfolk Island are, by contrast, appointed by the Governor-General.
Territory and Norfolk Island, have unicameral Legislative Assemblies.
The head of government of a self-governing territory is called the Chief Minister, and likewise they are appointed by the territory's Administrator, in normal circumstances to whoever controls the territory's Legislative Assembly.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /australian_states_and_territories.htm   (902 words)

  
 Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The sun, a bird, and a fish symbolise the Island's natural beauty, an anchor represents the HMS Sirius which sank off the Island's coast in 1790, and a ship denotes the story of the Pitcairn Islanders who settled on Norfolk Island in 1856.
The Norfolk Island Three Coin Set is the fifth in a series of nine to be released by the Mint for all Australian States and Self-governing Territories during 2001.
Norfolk Island Central School will be presented with a prize of $5,000 from the Royal Australian Mint for submitting the winning design.
www.ramint.gov.au /press_releases/norfolk_stud_design.cfm   (761 words)

  
 Norfolk Island Amendment Bill 1999(Bills Digest 11 1999-2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
In 1897 the British Crown transferred administrative responsibility for Norfolk Island to the Governor of the colony of New South Wales, an arrangement continued in 1900 with the Governor of the new State of New South Wales.
Norfolk Island's compliance with the National Agreement on Firearms was canvassed at some length with witnesses appearing before the SLCLC inquiry into the Bill, but it is difficult to discern precisely where matters stand at present.
The Norfolk Island Government asserted that the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department 'signed off' on the Island's amendments leaving 'a number of minor matters that still need to be included in the regulations to bring the current Norfolk Island legislation into line with the legislation as approved by the Commonwealth Attorney-General's (sic) in August 1998'.
www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/bd/1999-2000/2000BD011.htm   (6541 words)

  
 Latest Foundation News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Norfolk Island Quotarians are staffing a table at the local Foodlands (grocery store) inviting people to make pledges of money for the Radiothon that was to be held that night to raise AUS$5,500 for a Heart Start Machine for the Norfolk Island Ambulance.
Norfolk Island is a small 5 by 3 mile island with a population of 1900, situated east of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean.
The Norfolk Island Special Education Developmental Unit is a relatively new unit, and it is self-supporting, so the money raised with the raffle will be a big help to them.
www.wesharefoundation.org /ez.2003.10/ez.lt.2003.10.1e.htm   (874 words)

  
 World News Watch: News and Statistics for Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Norfolk Island has set a new record for arrivals in a single year, with more than 40,000 visitors visiting the destination in 2003 - a 15 per cent increase on...
Norfolk Island pine decorative bowl by Hawaiian artist Ron Kent: The Asher Gallery at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 4848 Main Street ($3,500).
She said a century-old moreton bay fig, a canary island palm and norfolk island pine were among the losses.
www.world-news-watch.com /020804/Norfolk_Island.html   (761 words)

  
 Norfolk Island Amendment Bill 2003 (Bills Digest No. 89 2003-04)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The electoral provisions for the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly are contained in both the Norfolk Island Act 1979 and in the Legislative Assembly Act 1979 (an act of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly).
At least three other members of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly expressed concern about the Commonwealth making changes to the Norfolk Island Act and by doing so, effectively removing authority over electoral matters from local control.  The three members gave this concern as their primary reason for supporting the amendments.
The Norfolk Island Act provides that proposed legislation on matters not specified in either Schedule 2 or 3 of the Act requires the assent of the Governor-General before coming into force.
www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/BD/2003-04/04bd089.htm   (3129 words)

  
 Untitled Page
It explores the story of Norfolk Island from its discovery by Captain Cook, its life as the world's most abominable penal colony, to settlement by the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers.
Women living on Norfolk Island during the two convict periods remain shadowy figures, however this book of diary extracts reveals daily life as experienced by Elizabeth Robertson, the daughter of the Superintendant of Agriculture at Longridge.
The tombstone inscriptions and the stories of death from violence, disease and the hangman's rope, are movingly recorded by a former Administrator of Norfolk Island.
www.museums.gov.nf /REO.html   (615 words)

  
 List of colonial governors in 2004 - Wikipedia
Administrator - Evan Williams, Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2003-present)
Administrator - Grant Tambling, Administrator of Norfolk Island (2003-present)
Administrated by the Governor of the Falkland Islands
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_in_2004   (536 words)

  
 Norfolk Island
Hazzard, Margaret, Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788-1855, Margaret Hazzard, Norfolk Island, 1978.
Nobbs, Raymond, George Hunn Nobbs 1799 – 1884 Chaplain on Pitcairn and Norfolk Island, The Pitcairn Descendants Society, Norfolk Island, 1984.
Norfolk Island Census of Population and Housing 30 June 1986, Administration of Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island, 1986.
www.zades.com.au /susiez/norfolk.html   (1326 words)

  
 Tribute for minister after Norfolk murder. 20/07/2004. ABC News Online
The administrator of Norfolk Island has issued a tribute to the local government minister who was killed yesterday.
The Chief Minister of Norfolk Island has paid tribute to the slain minister, saying he was a good friend to many on the Island.
A 25-year-old man has appeared in the tiny Magistrate's Court of Norfolk Island this morning charged with the murder of his father - the local Land and Environment minister Ivens Buffet.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200407/s1157679.htm   (382 words)

  
 NI Act
AND WHEREAS Norfolk Island was, by the Norfolk Island Act 1913, declared to be accepted by the Commonwealth as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth:
The Administrator shall be appointed by the Governor-General by Commission and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor-General.
Norfolk Island and all the other islands and rocks lying within the area bounded by the parallels 28 degrees 59 minutes and 29 degrees 9 minutes south latitude and the meridians 167 degrees 54 minutes and 168 degrees east longitude.
www.norfolk.gov.nf /ni_act.htm   (8484 words)

  
 Norfolk Island - The Structure of Norfolk Island's Government
Its powers to legislate are restricted by the Norfolk Island Act: it may not pass bills authorising the coinage of money, nor any bills involving fishing, customs, immigration, education, quarantine, industrial relations, movable cultural objects and social security; these must be approved not only by the Australian Administrator, but also by Australia's Minister for Territories.
The role of the Executive Council is to devise governmental policy and advise the Administrator on all matters relating to the government of the island.
The Chief Administrative Officer is appointed by the Administrator on advice of the Legislative Assembly.
www.pitcairners.org /government2.html   (506 words)

  
 Grant Tambling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
He is currently serving as the Administrator of Norfolk Island.
Tambling was born and raised in Darwin in the Northern Territory, and studied both there and in Adelaide.
Tambling subsequently retired from politics, and after two years working in private consultancy, was appointed as the Administrator of Norfolk Island in January 2003.
www.tocatch.info /en/Grant_Tambling.htm   (244 words)

  
 Man to face court over latest Norfolk Is murder. 20/07/2004. ABC News Online
A 25-year-old Norfolk Island man is due to appear in the Magistrate's Court today charged with the second murder in the island's history.
The Norfolk Island community is said to be rallying together after the shooting death of a local Government minister.
The pair worked together when Mr Stanhope was official secretary and deputy administrator of Norfolk Island.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200407/s1157428.htm   (419 words)

  
 Government Of Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
If you would like to use this flag of Norfolk Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of Norfolk Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for Norfolk Island or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/norfolk_island_country_government.shtml   (296 words)

  
 List of colonial governors in 2003 - Wikipedia
Administrator - Bill Taylor, Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (1999-2003)
Administrator - Charles A. Hamilton, Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory (2002-2005)
Derek Taylor, Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1995-2003)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_in_2003   (602 words)

  
 Norfolk Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Norfolk Island is a self governing Australian Territory situated in the South Pacific approximately 1600km north-east of Sydney 900 km north-east of Lord Howe Island and 1100km north-west of Auckland.
The Island was formed by volcanic activity; it is hilly with two peaks approximately 300 metres above sea level - Mt Bates and Mt Pitt.
The coastline is mostly of rugged cliffs with small beach areas at Emily Bay Slaughter Bay and Anson Bay. 
www.dotrs.gov.au /terr/norfolk   (119 words)

  
 APPOINTMENT OF NEW ADMINISTRATOR FOR NORFOLK ISLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Governor-General has appointed the Hon Grant Tambling to be the new administrator of Norfolk Island.
The previous Administrator, the Hon Tony Messner, left the island on 30 July 2003 on completion of his term of appointment.
Until Mr Tambling arrives on island to take up his appointment the official secretary, Mr Michael Stephens, will be deputy administrator.
www.ministers.dotrs.gov.au /wt/releases/2003/august/wt66_2003.htm   (300 words)

  
 NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979 - SECT 5 Administrator and Administration
There shall be an Administrator of the Territory, who shall administer the government of the Territory as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth.
The Administration is a body politic with perpetual succession by the name of the Administration of Norfolk Island.
Subject to this Act, the Administration of Norfolk Island is capable by that name of:
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/23846/20020402/www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/nia1979158/s5.html   (122 words)

  
 Directory.gov.au
The Administrator is appointed by the Governor-General under the Norfolk Island Act 1979 to administer the government of Norfolk Island as a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The Administrator is also the senior Australian Government representative in the Territory.
In exercising his powers and performing the functions of his office, the Administrator acts with the advice of the Norfolk Island Executive Council in relation to those matters which are within the executive authority of the Norfolk Island Government.
www.gold.gov.au /osearch.php?ou%3DOffice%20of%20the%20Administrator%20Norfolk%20Island%2Cou%3DOther%20Portfolio%20Bodies%2Co%3DTransport%20and%20Regional%20Services%2Co%3DPortfolios%2Co%3DCommonwealth%20of%20Australia%2Cc%3DAU&changebase   (149 words)

  
 Elections in the Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island is a territory of Australia in the Pacific; Australia administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories.
Norfolk Island has a population of around 1,800 on 34.6 km².
The Norfolk Legislative Assembly has 9 members, elected for a three year term.
www.electionworld.org /norfolk.htm   (106 words)

  
 FAQs About the Family of Thomas Wickham (1624-1688)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Its most famous resident was Parker Wickham (1727-1785), whose Loyalist convictions led to the seizure of his property and his banishment at the end of the American Revolution.
The house is open to the public during the summer and is part of a historic complex on the village green in the center of Cutchogue, NY on the North Fork of eastern Long Island.
"Robins Island Reflections: 1639-2001" - The ultimate guide to Robins Island, the storied, 445-acre island owned by Parker Wickham (1727-1785) until it was confiscated after the end of the American Revolution.
www.geocities.com /joewickham/index.htm   (5042 words)

  
 Norfolk Island - CIA 1992
The following is the entry for Norfolk Island from the CIA World Fact Book, 1992 edition.
The primary economic activity is tourism, which has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific Islands.
Revenues from tourism have given the island a favorable balance of trade and helped the agricultural sector to become self-sufficient in the production of beef, poultry, and eggs.
www.anbg.gov.au /world/norfolk-island.html   (413 words)

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