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	Norfolk Island
		Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a small inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, and along with two neighbouring islands forms one of Australia's external territories.
		Norfolk Island was first settled by East Polynesian seafarers, either from the Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand, or from the North Island of New Zealand.
		In 1920 the Mission was relocated from the island to the Solomon Islands to be closer to its target population.
	www.wikipediaondvd.com /nav/art/r/d.html (4978 words)

	Norfolk Island - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Norfolk Island is an island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, and is one of Australia's external territories.
		Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory encompasses amd is located at 29°02′ S 167°57′ E.
		The population of Norfolk Island was estimated in July 2003 to be 1,853, with an annual population growth rate of 0.01%.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/n/o/r/Norfolk_Island_312a.html (3842 words)

	Norfolk Philately
		The position of Norfolk Island as a British colony was not materially affected by the federation of the Australian colonies on 1 January 1901, and stamps of NSW types continued to be employed until supplanted by stamps of the uniform Commonwealth issue of 1913.
		Norfolk Island ceased to have the status of a British colony and became and Australian Territory as from 1 July 1914.
		Norfolk Island’s first commemorative stamps, issued on 8 June 1956, were of particular historical significance as they marked the centenary of the landing of the Pitcairners.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/norfolk/philately-norfolk.shtml (3433 words)

	Norfolk Island – FREE Norfolk Island Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		Now a resort, Norfolk has luxuriant vegetation and is known for its "pine" trees, which are not true pines but evergreens of the araucaria family (see monkey-puzzle tree).
		Norfolk Island was annexed to Tasmania in 1844, became a dependency of New South Wales in 1896, and was transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1913.
		Cities of the United States Norfolk: Education and Research Elementary and Secondary Schools The Norfolk Public School District is noted for its ethnic and racial diversity, largely as a result of the local military presence.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-NrflkIs.html (979 words)

	Norfolk Island Travel Agencies, ASFA Members, travel agents for cheap airline tickets and discount air fares
		The Norfolk Island pine, a symbol of the island pictured in its flag, is a very striking evergreen tree endemic to the island and is quite popular in Australia, where two related species grow.
		In 1920 the Mission was relocated from the island to the Solomon Islands to be closer to its target population.
		The vegetation of Philip Island was devastated due to the introduction during the penal era of pest animals such as pigs and rabbits, giving it a red-brown colour as viewed from Norfolk; however, pest control and remediation work by park staff has recently brought some improvement to the Philip Island environment.
	www.specialfares.net /country.php?country=263 (4130 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - Norfolk Island
		Topography: Norfolk Island is steep and rocky, with sheer cliffs rising out of the sea; access is impossible, except at Kingston on the south side and at Cascade in the north.
		In the periods 1788 to 1814, and 1825 to 1855, the island was a penal settlement of notable severity.
		Initially, Norfolk Island was a separate settlement but became a dependency of New South Wales in 1897 and was finally transferred to Australian administration in 1913.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/YearbookInternal.asp?NodeID=140410 (736 words)

	New Norfolk - Capital of the Derwent Valley - Tasmania - Australia
		The Norfolk population which had been over 1,100 for many years, started to dwindle from 1805 onwards as people were withdrawn or forced to emigrate from the island.
		The Norfolk families, who were resident for so many years on a balmy sub-tropical island were thrust into Tasmanian winters with only the most meagre of shared housing to protect them from the icy winds, rain and frosts.
		Norfolk Island was to remain uninhabited for the next 11 years, until the second settlement, but that is someone else's story.....
	www.newnorfolk.org /sites/History_of_New_Norfolk1.shtml (905 words)

	Norfolk Island
		Located about 1,610 kilometres ENE of Sydney, Norfolk Island is volcanic in nature and has a total area of 3,455 hectares, one-third of which is national parks and reserves.
		In 1825, Norfolk Island was resettled as a penal colony and became renowned for its brutality.
		The Colonial of Norfolk is home to one of the island's finest restaurants, Annabells, as well as a cocktail bar, and a coffee sho for light snacks.
	www.janeresture.com /norfolk/index.htm (1065 words)

	Norfolk Island - Travel Photos by Galen Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Norfolk Island, island, dependency of Australia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about 1496 km (about 930 mi) east of the country.
		Norfolk Island was sighted in 1774 by the English explorer Captain James Cook.
		Norfolk Island was separated from New South Wales and made an Australian territory in 1914.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /norfolk_early.htm (126 words)

	History and Culture - Norfolk Island
		Norfolk Island became a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1914.
		It is administered under the Norfolk Island Act 1979 which provides the basis of the Territory's legislative, administrative and judicial systems.
		The Norfolk Island Government raises revenue under its own system of laws from which it funds a range of Federal, State and local government-type services.
	www.norfolkisland.com.au /history_and_culture/today.cfm (263 words)

	Norfolk Island
		Norfolk Island was settled in 1788, only six weeks after Sydney, with the idea of establishing a free settlement – of the 23 original settlers, 15 were convicts.
		Norfolk’s isolation was one of the major reasons for its second settlement (1825–55) – as a prison rather than a productive island, described officially as “a place of the extremest punishment short of death”.
		Norfolk Island was again abandoned in 1855, but this time the buildings remained and were used a year later during the third settlement, which consisted of 194 Pitcairn Islanders (the entire population of the island), who left behind their overcrowded conditions to establish a new life elsewhere.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/newsouthwales/norfolkisland.asp (2329 words)

	Norfolk Island History
		Norfolk Island - The latest accounts from Norfolk Island mention that Settlement to be in a most flourishing state, having an immense increase of stock, in cattle, poultry, &c.
		The Pocklington whaler was once off the island, but little communication between her and the shore was encouraged or permitted.Wild pigs and pigeons, guavas and fish, were plentiful and prolific as ever.
		Sir:- I have received your despatch,marked seperate of the 23rd November last, in which you notify the selection of Captain Maconochie to be superintendent of the convict establishment at Norfolk Island, and enclose a copy of a communication which Captain Maconochie had addressed to you on his appointment to office.
	www.hotkey.net.au /~jwilliams4/norfolk.htm (1458 words)

	Worldworx Travel - Regional Information - Australasia and Oceania - Oceania - Norfolk Island
		Norfolk Island is a territory of Australia and lies due east in the South Pacific Ocean within Oceania.
		Norfolk Island's terrain is comprised mainly of a volcanic plateau and rolling exterior plains.
		Because Norfolk Island is a territory of Australia, defense remains their responsibility.
	www.worldworx.tv /regional-information/australasia-oceania/oceania/norfolk-island/index.htm (351 words)

	Norfolk Island Postcards
		There are old convict buildings and ruins, with their austere history which share the island with the courteous and gentle descendants of the Pitcairners along with the mainlanders who have come to share this peaceful haven in the South Pacific.
		The seal of Norfolk Island, made in 1856, by Benjamin Wyon who held the position of "Engraver of the Royal Seal of England", 1831 - 1858.
		On the west side of the compound was the Military Hospital and on the east the Officers Quarters.
	www.janesoceania.com /norfolk_postcards (305 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military
		The military announced charges of unpremeditated murder Thursday against four Camp Pendleton Marines in connection with what could be the worst U.S. war crime reported during the Iraq war.
		Bush plan to increase military's size will take time, lack quick impact in Iraq: President Bush's plan to enlarge the Army and Marine Corps responds to pleas from the Pentagon and Capitol Hill, but finding more recruits will be expensive and challenging and have little immediate impact on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		Marine Corps says charges being finalized in Haditha incident: Military prosecutors are finalizing charges against some of the Camp Pendleton Marines involved in the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/index.html (1961 words)

	Craney Island Fuel Terminal
		Craney Island Fuel Terminal, Portsmouth, Virginia is the Navy's largest fuel facility in the United States.
		FISC Norfolk's Fuel Department operates the Navy's largest Defense Fuel Support Point (DFSP) in the continental United States and is a leader in the Navy's effort to rightsize and regionalize.
		The island had a 7-gun fortification and was manned by 580 Regulars and militia in addition to 150 sailors and marines from the Constellation.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/craney-island.htm (1586 words)

	Norfolk, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norfolk is one of Virginia's largest incorporated cities; as of the 2000 census, the city population was 234,403.
		Norfolk is considered to be the historic, urban and cultural center of Hampton Roads, surrounded by the independent Virginia municipalities of Virginia Beach, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News and Chesapeake.
		Norfolk is home to both the Norfolk Naval Base, the world's largest naval base, and corporate headquarters of the Norfolk Southern Railway, one of North America's principal Class I railroads.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia (4512 words)

	Norfolk Island Calling Cards and Norfolk Island Phone Cards
		Norfolk Island calling card is the cheapest calling card you can get to call Norfolk Island.
		Norfolk Island prepaid phone card as well as Norfolk Island prepaid calling card are monitored 24/7 for quality connection.
		If you want cheap phonecard for Norfolk Island yet you want the quality select any of our cards.Some calling cards to Norfolk Island have extra fees and 3 minutes increments, those calling cards are good for long calls.
	www.alosmart.com /Norfolk-Island-calling-card-160.asp (296 words)

	Norfolk Island - New Military Barracks
		It complex housed 164 soldiers and four sergeants, and contained a soldiers' barracks, officers' quarters, an ammunition magazine, a military hospital - used initially as a ballroom - and various outbuildings.
		The New Military Barracks are used today as Norfolk Island's administrative centre.
		The cannons flanking the central stairs are those from the ship "Sirius", which was sunk on the reef during the early days of the First Settlement.
	www.pitcairners.org /vt_new_military_barracks.html (105 words)

	Norfolk Island Parliament and Governmental arrangements
		Norfolk Island has a Westminster style of parliamentary government introduced by the Norfolk Island Act 1979 (Australia) which established a nine member Legislative Assembly with the powers to "make laws for the peace, order and good governance of the Territory".
		The Executive Council of Norfolk Island (the Norfolk Island Government) consisting of Ministers of the day and chaired by the Administrator of Norfolk Island, has a role similar to the Federal Executive Council of Australia.
		The Executive Council of the Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island was sworn in at Government House on 29 March 2007
	www.gonorfolkisland.com /norfolkhistory/legislativeassembly.html (366 words)

	Hall v. Mansfield (No. 3) [1830] NSWSC 28 (3 April 1830)
		This case being also an action of trespass for an alleged libel, published by the defendant in the Sydney Gazette of March 19, 1829, was tried before the Judge and Jury of the previous day, with similar Counsel also upon both sides.
		It would be in the recollection of the Jury, how one Clinch, a prisoner of the crown, met his death at Norfolk Island, where Captain Wright, 39th regiment, was Commandant.
		Agreeable to an arrangement between the legal gentlemen on both sides in the Supreme Court, Captain Wright stood his trial, indicted for the murder of Clinch, at Norfolk Island, of which indictment Captain Wright was acquitted.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/special/NSWSupC/1830/28.html (888 words)

	Norfolk Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Norfolk Island pine, a symbol of the island pictured in its flag, is a striking evergreen tree native to the island and is quite popular in Australia, where two related species also grow.
		The vegetation of Phillip Island was devastated due to the introduction during the penal era of pest animals such as pigs and rabbits, giving it a red-brown colour as viewed from Norfolk; however, pest control and remediation work by park staff has recently brought some improvement to the Phillip Island environment.
		A widespread and popular notion of the harshness of penal settlements, including Norfolk Island, has come from the novel For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke, which appears to be based on the writings and recollections of witnesses and from the fictional writings of Price Warung.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norfolk_Island (4927 words)

	Norfolk Island - Facts about Norfolk Island including map and flag images
		Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned.
		In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
		Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
	www.world-atlas.net /Norfolk_Island (606 words)

	Military Of Norfolk Island
		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.
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	Norfolk Island
		The view from the front veranda is one of the best on the Island - flowers in the garden, several holes at the golf course, a majestic stand of Norfolk Pines and the rolling South Pacific.
		The Norfolk Island Government manages this reserve, as opposed to the National Park, which is managed by the Commonwealth.
		The Petrels have historic significance dating back to the first European settlement on Norfolk in 1788 (there were Polynesian settlements on the Island prior to this).
	www.norfolkisland.com.au /special_features/remembering_norfolk_island.cfm (1690 words)

	Norfolk Island Historic Walks & Drives : discovernorfolkisland.com
		Norfolk Island has a coulourful history tainted with an unimagineable legacy of cruelty and bloodshed.
		But Norfolk weaves such a serene spell that you will find yourself soaking up its grim past without a jolting sense of shock, not quite believing that such a Paradise could ever have been such a Hell.
		As you stroll around Kingston, you will be part of a 19th century village, scarcely changed from the days when the forced flsmiths, masons, bakers, shingle-splitters, cloth and cord makers, tailors and bullockies plied their trades.
	www.discovernorfolkisland.com /things/historic.html (978 words)

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