Some Facts about Norfolk Island Norfolk Island is an Australian Dependency, located at 28 deg. 58 min S., 168 deg. 03 min E. Consequently is about the same latitude as Lismore, NSW and several hundred kilometres east of the Australian coast, making it nearer to New Zealand than Australia by air. It sets its time 1 ½ hours ahead of East. Its area is 34 square kilometres and it is quite undulating with peaks 318 metres high. The population is mainly descendants of the Pitcairn Islanders who Continue Reading »
Shortland Naval Family
members, of which served in Australasia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesJohn Shortland (1739 – 1803) was born near Plymouth, son of John Shortland, senior member of a Devonshire family, six members of whom were associated with colonisation of Australia and New Zealand.In 1755 he entered the Navy as Midshipman and served under Admiral Edward Boscawen off Newfoundland, under Admiral John Byng off Minorca and under Admiral Sir George Rodney in the West Indies, being Continue Reading »
Philip Gidley King
Governor King's Headstone 180 years Later The Kings have played an eminent part in Australian history since the very early days of the colony. Many of them became closely linked with the district around St May's. It is now wonder, therefore, that some of their most distinguished family members, who included the Lethbridges and the Goldfinches, are buried in the graveyard of St Mary Magdalen's Anglican Church. The Church itself owes its very existence to the Kings. Dating back to 1840, it Continue Reading »
Broughton Family
Public servant and settler William Broughton arrived in the transport Charlotte accompanying Surgeon White as a servant. Son of Sarah and Henry Broughton, he was born in Chatham, Kent in the year 1768.On arrival in Sydney Cove, William became a storekeeper at Rose Hill (Parramatta) and in 1800 was appointed Acting Deputy Commissary of Norfolk Island and later Deputy Commissary of stores in Sydney Town. He worked diligently in these positions and was praised by Governor Continue Reading »
Faddy Naval Family
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM JOHN FADDYBorn: 1746 Married: 17 November 1784 to Martha Escott Johnson at St Paul’s Exeter Died: 1 August 1798 on Admiral Horatio Nelson’s ship Vanguard at the Battle of the NileWilliam John Faddy was 2nd Lieutenant of Marines with the 88th Company serving on HMS Champion, Medway and Crescent then in 1783 on Continue Reading »