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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)

	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)

	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 Island - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Explored in 1774 by Capt. James Cook, the island was claimed by Great Britain in the hope that the trees would provide masts for the navy.
		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.
		The British Garrison in Australia 1788-1841: the mutiny of the 80th regiment at Norfolk Island.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-nrflkis.html (346 words)

	NORFOLK ISLAND : Encyclopedia Entry
		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.
		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.
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Norfolk_Island (4896 words)

	Norfolk Island - Article
		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 also grow.
		Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory encompasses and is located at 29°02′S 167°57′E.
		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.
	goldbamboo.com /topic-t8762-a1-6Norfolk_Island_.html (4309 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Norfolk
		Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 2d duke of 1443-1524, English nobleman, son of John Howard, 1st duke of Norfolk.
		Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3d duke of 1473-1554, English nobleman, prominent in the reign of Henry VIII ; son of Thomas Howard, the 2d duke.
		Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th duke of 1536-72, English nobleman, son of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Norfolk (602 words)

	Norfolk: alone, defiant, broke - National - smh.com.au
		The people who arrived on Norfolk in 1856 were mostly descendants of Fletcher Christian and the mutineers of the Bounty who settled on isolated Pitcairn in 1790 to escape British justice and start one of the world's most remarkable communities.
		The Norfolk Island Government's revenue raising seems to have reached its limit, and it is likely to become insolvent within the next two years.
		The commission chairman, Alan Morris, came to Norfolk earlier this month to try to explain to a suspicious crowd what he was trying to do, but the islanders said they could see no logic in comparing their unique island with other small, isolated communities like Brewarrina in far north-western NSW.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/norfolk-alone-defiant-broke/2006/03/23/1143083906379.html (1753 words)

	Newsvine - norfolk-island
		Norfolk Islanders cheered outside the tiny territory's courthouse yesterday as one of the most divisive chapters in the history of the former penal colony ended in a guilty verdict.
		Chief Minister of Norfolk Island Geoff Gardner says the United Nations may be interested in the Federal Government's move to expand its powers over the island.
		THE chief suspect in the murder of Janelle Patton on Norfolk Island was arrested in New Zealand yesterday in an apparent breakthrough in the four-year-old mystery.
	www.newsvine.com /norfolk-island (178 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| From Our Own Correspondent \| Battle for Norfolk Island
		Norfolk Island, a tiny South Pacific island administered by Australia, is fuming over attempts by Canberra to scrap its unique system of self-government.
		Norfolk Island's peculiarities go some way towards explaining why locals are so unhappy with the Australian federal government.
		Norfolk Island owes its existence to a tangled series of events reaching back to the 18th Century.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4991322.stm (991 words)

	Norfolk Action Group, Norfolk Island
		Norfolk is an expensive place to live, especially in areas that are essential for a modern community.
		In the Norfolk Islander dated 3 February 2007, the Norfolk Action Group (NAG) indicated it will support a group of candidates to stand at the election to be held on March 21, 2007.
		People who have quietly got on with their lives all this year, hoping deep down that this island was not going to lose those things that made it special, are openly celebrating, hugging each other, and declaring that this will be the best Christmas ever.
	nagnorfolk.com (3213 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Norfolk Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Norfolk Island 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 now further cut off from Sydney which, with the arrival of the Second Fleet with its shameful cargo of sick and abused convicts, had more pressing problems to contend with.
		Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory encompasses amd is located at.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/norfolk_island (4482 words)

	Norfolk Island Travel Agencies, ASFA Members, travel agents for cheap airline tickets and discount air fares (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Norfolk Island (Norfolk : 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.
		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.
		As such, residents of Norfolk Island are not represented in the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, making them the only group of residents of an Australian state or territory not represented here.
	www.specialfares.net /country.php?country=263 (4146 words)

	Norfolk Island — Infoplease.com
		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.
		The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants - The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants April 28 marks the...
		Expanding the territory: Norfolk Power Equipment owners are using the entire family to grow in the part of New England they're served......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0835875.html (409 words)

	Island way 'to be lost' on Norfolk - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		Australia has refused to allow Norfolk Islanders a vote on their future in preference to controlling the territory from a Canberra department, the island's chief minister says.
		A recent vote on self-determination granted to the tiny Pacific island group of Tokelau stood in stark contrast to the effective removal of self-government on Norfolk, Chief Minister Geoff Gardner said.
		"It is a regrettable fact of history that once prosperous island states on Australia's doorstep have become economic and social basket cases due to the removal of self-governance and total incorporation into Australia from too much interference from the commonwealth at the expense of the Australian taxpayer," he said.
	www.theage.com.au /news/National/Island-way-to-be-lost-on-Norfolk/2006/02/21/1140284062639.html (662 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Norfolk Island murder trial opens
		Patton was found stabbed to death on the Pacific island in March 2002.
		"Given the circumstances on the island, the fact that virtually everybody knows everybody, there would be a risk that a potential member of the jury might hear something that they ought not to hear," Judge Mark Weinberg told reporters.
		Norfolk Island is an Australian territory situated about 1,900 km (1,180 miles) north-east of Sydney.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/asia-pacific/6319879.stm (216 words)

	Norfolk Island residents divided over takeover plans - Topix
		Norfolk Island has evolved separately over the last 150 years to Australia with its own laws, and the majority of the people have their own customs, traditions, language, etc. and have no affinity with Australia.
		The Acumen Report indicates that although 90% of Norfolk Island's roads are already sealed (the only two that are not selaed are owned by The National Parks of Australia (Commonwealth)), the island needs to spend a whopping $86 mil on roads, with $32 million in the first year.
		Have now seen Norfolk Island instead of pictures and it really is worth a visit, the cows seem to keep the place looking like a golf course with lovely blue skies most of the time and wonderful sunsets.
	www.topix.net /forum/world/norfolk-island/TD0RJF7E7OHBOUND7 (1805 words)

	Norfolk Island - Third settlement: Pitcairn Islanders
		Norfolk Island was first settled by East Polynesian seafarers, probably from the Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand.
		Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory encompasses amd is located at 29°02′S 167°57′E. It has an area of 34.6 km2, with no large-scale internal bodies of water but 32 km of coastline.
		Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory encompasses amd is located at 29°02′S 167°57′E. It has an area of 34.6 kmandsup2, with no large-scale internal bodies of water but 32 km of coastline.
	www.experiencefestival.com /norfolk_island_-_third_settlement_pitcairn_islanders (947 words)

	Pacific Magazine: NEW ZEALAND: Murder Suspect Remains Silent About Norfolk Island Job
		The 28-year-old is known as a doting family man who told people he had once worked on Norfolk Island but never spoke of his time there.
		Australian police said McNeill was on the island on a temporary permit at the time of Ms Patton's death.
		Norfolk Chief Minister Geoff Gardner said he was shocked to learn of the arrest of O'Neill, who worked as a chef in his former restaurant, Cafe Pacifica.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=20050 (754 words)

	Norfolk Island Fact Sheet - Jasons Norfolk Island
		Norfolk Island was discovered by Captain Cook in 1774 and named after a 'noble' English family.
		The island was left abandoned for the next 11 years until a second penal settlement was established.
		Norfolk is a self-governing territory of Australia and a dependency of NSW.
	www.jasons.com /Norfolk-Island/norfolk-island-fact-sheet (953 words)

	Norfolk Island to farewell minister - National - www.theage.com.au
		Norfolk Islanders will today farewell their slain minister Ivens ''Toon'' Buffett in a funeral steeped in history and tradition.
		The island's 60-year-old deputy chief minister was shot dead as he worked in his parliamentary office on Monday.
		Mr Buffett was born on Norfolk and schooled on the island before working with a law firm in Sydney.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/07/24/1090464896517.html (487 words)

	Politics of Norfolk Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Norfolk Island takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic entity.
		The Norfolk Legislative Assembly is elected by popular vote for a term of not more than three years, although legislation passed by the Australian Parliament can extend its laws to the territory at will.
		Norfolk Island is, nevertheless, the only inhabited Australian external territory unrepresented in the Australian Parliament.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Norfolk_Island (745 words)

	Norfolk Island murder conviction appeal fails \| NATIONAL \| NEWS \| tvnz.co.nz
		McNeill, 30, was convicted last March by a Norfolk Island Supreme Court jury of murdering hotel worker Janelle Patton on the tiny Australian territory over the 2002 Easter weekend.
		The island's chief justice, Mark Weinberg, jailed McNeill for at least 18 years, saying the crime shocked the community and sickened the people of Australia.
		Patton's murder was the first on the tiny Pacific island in 150 years, and shocked the 1,600-strong community.
	tvnz.co.nz /view/page/1318360/1793732 (397 words)

	Transcript Norfolk Island Select Committee
		What I’m looking for is the right of the people of Norfolk Island to decide their own whether it be as it says in the 1541 resolution "independence, free association or integration".
		If Norfolk Island is an integral part of the Commonwealth as the Administrator has said on a number of occasions, that means that Papua that was governed in exactly the same way, was an integral part of Australia.
		If they left us alone to govern ourselves, in accordance with the Norfolk Island Act, the things that are in Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 and they can have the reserved powers, we could live with that quite comfortably and three or four years ago we would have had a thriving gaming industry.
	www.norfolk.gov.nf /transcript_norfolk_island_select.htm (5863 words)

	Scoop: New Tourism Chief For Norfolk Island
		Norfolk Island Tourism Chairman Wally Beadman said Steve would be a big loss to the island.
		On June 8, 1856, the island was re-inhabited by a community from Pitcairn Island, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
		Norfolk Island is renowned for its spectacular coastal scenery, colourful history, sporting and cultural activities, convict heritage and low tax shopping.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0801/S00113.htm (1314 words)

	Norfolk Island — ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
		Norfolk Island elects on territorial level a legislature.
		There are no political parties active in Norfolk Island.
		Politics of Norfolk Island takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic entity.
	aceproject.org /regions-en/usp/NF (219 words)

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