Norfolk Island is a territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean. Some key facts: - The population was 1,748 in the 2016 census, down from a high of 2,601 in 2001. - The total land area is 34.6 square km. - The island was first settled by Polynesians around 800-1400 AD, and then the British established a penal colony there in 1788. - The culture is a blend of Polynesian and British influences. A local language called "Norfolk" developed from this mixing of cultures. - The most prominent natural feature is the subtropical rainforest located in the northern part of the island.

2. Norfolk Island

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6. Norfolk Island/Population
1,748
2016
The population of Norfolk Island
in the 2016 census was 1,748,
which had declined from a high of 2,601 in
2001.

7. Land Area
34.6 km²
Norfolk IslandOfficial languages
• English
• Norfuk

8. • When the Bounty mutineers and their Polynesian wives
were thrown together on Pitcairn. they took elements
from one another's languages to develop a new one.
They brought this amalgam of 18th century English and
Polynesian with them when they migrated to Norfolk
Island in 1856. To this day, when they are amongst
themselves, they use this language, now called simply
'Norfolk'. All residents still speak perfect English and
they are delighted to hear tourists attempt to speak
with them in the Norfolk dialect. The below words and
phrases offer an example of some of the expressions
you might hear.

9. Norfolk Island National Anthem - Come Ye Blessed
Norfolk Islander anthem lyrics (Official English)
God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen
O Lord our God arise
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall
Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks
On Thee our hopes we fix
God save us all

10. History
• FIRST HUMAN CONTACT
• By 800AD, Norfolk Island was a thickly forested sanctuary for birds, lizards and
bats, surrounded by waters abundant with marine life. Positioned as it was
between New Caledonia and New Zealand, it was apparently the perfect stopping
point for the great sea-faring voyagers of the era, the Polynesians.
• Subsequent archeological studies have verified this. Arte-facts have been carbon
dated to a period between 800 and 1400 AD, which could indicate a long
continuous settlement or a series of settlements. Remains of houses, outdoor
ovens and a marae were excavated in the dunes behind Emily Bay, the magnificent
lagoon on the island’s south west corner. Kermadec obsidian arte-facts indicate
that at least some of the settlers were possibly from there, perhaps traveling to
New Zealand as part of the last great wave of the Polynesian diaspora.
• Almost four hundred years after their mysterious disappearance, the first British
settlers could still see the clues of Polynesian occupation through the presence of
bananas, bamboo, flax and the Polynesian rat. They also valued the fascinating
arte-facts that washed up on the shore or were dug up in the fields.

12. • THE BRITISH ARRIVE
When James Cook adjusted his telescope to focus on Norfolk Island, back in 1774, could
he have envisaged how he would reshape the story of this tiny island? Certainly he
intended to make his mark on the place as he recommended to the Admiralty that it be
used as a source of masts, spas and sails for the burgeoning British navy.
As a result, Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet to arrive in New South
Wales, dispatched a party of twenty-two men and women under the command of young
Lieutenant Phillip Gidley King to make a settlement on Norfolk Island, soon after they had
pitched their tents at Botany Bay. King’s task was to put the fifteen convicts under his
command to work felling and milling the Norfolk Island pines and preparing the flax for the
making of canvas. But things didn’t work out as planned.
They discovered that the native pines, though excellent for all types of construction, were
not suitable for battleship masts; and the flax was a mystery to the Irish linen weavers.
Nevertheless, the colonial outpost survived and prospered. Its role transformed into one of
feeding the penal settlement at Port Jackson, which it managed to do despite shipwrecks,
droughts and insect plagues. Later it became a substantial penal settlement in its own
right, however, with the discovery of the fertile soils around the Nepean, Hunter and
Hawkesbury Rivers, New South Wales no longer needed to rely on Norfolk Island’s
produce and the settlement was closed in 1814.

13. https://www.norfolkisland.com.au/ab
out-norfolk/history-of-norfolk-island

14. Culture and Tradition

15. • Norfolk Island. The dynamics of the original
people have dictated the culture and
traditions of the Island. Melding of two
cultures brings countless examples of the
way things were done historically - from the
Tahitian and English cultures.

16. norfolk island delicacy

17. Most outstanding landmark is Norfolk
Island subtropical rainforest located in
the northern part of island.

18. FEATURED: NORFOLK ISLAND SUBTROPICAL
RAINFOREST

19. Norfolk island Australia

20. Norfolk Island
Literature

21. Oh Norfolk Island Pine
Your beauty is so fine.
Would you like to be my tree
And celebrate Christmas with me?
Oh Norfolk Island Pine
Your beauty is so fine.
If I load you down with lights
Will you be able to stay upright?
Oh Norfolk Island Pine
Your beauty is so fine.
After all the holidays
Will you continue to amaze?
Oh Norfolk Island Pine
Your beauty is so fine.
You’ve inspired this bad poetry
How did you get this out of me?
Oh Norfolk Island Pine

22. Written works

23. Remains of the Norfolk Island gaol

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