Australian History Research

19/04/2025

Norfolk Island History Lovers Tour March 2026 https://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/history-lovers-visit-to-norfolk-island/

19/04/2025

Descendants of Olivia LUCAS, born 1795 Norfolk Island daughter of Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas and John HODGETTS (born 791 Sydney, he grew up on Norfolk Island, son of Thomas and Harriett HODGETTS) have booked the Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas with associated Families Norfolk Island Muster March 2026 https://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/nathaniel-olivia-lucas-norfolk-island-muster-march-2026/

17/04/2025

York Street Sydney Synagogue Visualisation. Back in 2021, art historian and curator Jana Vytrhlik and architectural visualiser and visual historian Zac Levi collaborated to digitally recreate the synagogue’s lost interior (dedicated 1844, deconsecrated 1877).

Back in 2021, art historian and curator Jana Vytrhlik and architectural visualiser and visual historian Zac Levi collaborated to digitally recreate the synag...

16/04/2025

HMS Sirius Ship’s Crew not aboard the ship for the voyage to Norfolk Island March 1790. Not all the assigned crew members and ship’s marines were aboard HMS Sirius for the Mar 1790 voyage to Norfolk Island, they are noted in HMS Sirius muster by not being mustered on 20 Mar 1790 on Norfolk Island the day after the shipwreck, and being mustered in Apr 1790 at Port Jackson. https://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/hms-sirius-ships-crew-not-aboard-the-ship-for-the-voyage-to-norfolk-island-march-1790/

16/04/2025

HMS Sirius records 1790 (webinar from 2021)

Records of HMS Sirius 1790; webinar 2021

16/04/2025

the Norfolk Island History Lovers Tour Foundation week March 2026 includes the First Fleet Showcase and Research Day. Further info at https://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/history-lovers-visit-to-norfolk-island

15/04/2025

Norfolk Island Convict Ancestry Tour: June 2025 https://heritagetourismau.rezdy.com/685301/norfolk-island-convict-ancestry-tour-june-2025

15/04/2025

Descendants of Ann Lucas born 2 March 1789 Norfolk Island have booked on the Norfolk Island Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas Family Muster with associated Families for March 2026 https://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/nathaniel-olivia-lucas-norfolk-island-muster-march-2026/

13/04/2025

New Transcription project: The Phoenix Hulk, Discharge Book 1825-1830 The decommissioned ship the Phoenix was moored in Sydney Harbour at Lavender Bay, for the purpose of housing prisoners, most of whom were en route to or returning from one the colony's penal settlements. https://volunteer.ala.org.au/project/index/434299866

09/04/2025

A special First Fleet Showcase and Research day is planned for Norfolk island Foundation Week in March 2026 https://heritagetourismau.rezdy.com/259929/norfolk-island-history-lovers-tour-ex-sydney-march-2026

08/04/2025

WHAT"S NEW IN OUR LIBRARY!
This publication forms a part of a series of historical publications on the Norfolk Island colonial settlement 1788-1814.
HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children includes:-
- Children born on HMS Sirius.
- Children who travelled to Norfolk Island on HMS Sirius in 1890.
- Love children who were born on Norfolk up to November 1890 to pregnant women who travelled to Norfolk aboard the Sirius in Mach 1790
The HMS Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet, a British fleet that transported convicts and settlers to establish the first European colony in New South Wales, Australia, and it was wrecked on a reef off Slaughter Bay, Norfolk Island on March 19, 1790.

06/04/2025

On this day 7 April - Catherine KIERNEY - KEARNEY – KEIRNAN Convict, Marquis Cornwallis 1796 as Catherine McKearnan - died 7 April 1830 Hobart. Her death appear in the Colonial Times, 9 April 1830: DIED: On Wednesday, at her house in Argyle Street, Mrs Catherine Kearney, aged 61, an old and much respected inhabitant of the colony, having come to it at the evacuation of Norfolk Island. Departed Norfolk Island per Lady Nelson Feb 1808 https://heritagetourismau.rezdy.com/566321/lady-nelson-norfolk-island-to-hobart-february-1808

06/04/2025

Our April Newsletter -

04/04/2025

New research for our publication Gypsy Girls: Mary and Priscilla Loveridge: Royal Admiral 1792 has proven that Charlotte Loveridge, born on the voyage to NSW of the Royal Admiral in 1792 is the daughter of priscilla loveridge https://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/charlotte-burrows-nee-loveridge-born-1792/

31/03/2025

Norfolk Island Convict Ancestry Tour: Sunday 1 June to 8 June 2025

Rezdy Online Booking

31/03/2025

Nathaniel Lucas and Olivia Gascoigne/Gaskin arrived on Norfolk Island on 6 March 1788 aboard HMAT Supply. The March 2026 Norfolk Island Family Muster will showcase Nathaniel Lucas’s life on Norfolk Island as well as associated families such as Hodgetts, Murray, Rowley, Brooks, Cox, White, Sydes/Sides, Saltmarsh and Stevens. https://www.australianhistoryresearch.info/nathaniel-oliva-lucas-norfolk-island-muster-march-2026/

30/03/2025

Penal Settlement Norfolk Island: The Early Years 1825 – 1828 historical overview of the Penal Settlement on Norfolk Island during its early years from 1825 to 1828, detailing its establishment, conditions, and significant events, collated for the Norfolk Island Penal Settlement 200th Anniversary hosted by Baunti Tours Norfolk Island in June 2025.

This booklet provides a historical overview of the Penal Settlement on Norfolk Island during its early years from 1825 to 1828, detailing its establishment, conditions, and significant events, collated for the Norfolk Island Penal Settlement 200th Anniversary hosted by Baunti Tours Norfolk Island in...