Kingston, Norfolk Island
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Kingston is the capital and main administrative centre of the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island. The Norfolk Island Regional Council is based in Kingston. The settlement is the second-ol
Old Military Barracks, served as Legislative Assembly Chambers from 1979-2015, with Kingston Common in background
Kingston Pier, with launch towing a lighter with cargo from ship moored off-shore
Crane on Kingston Pier unloading cargo from a lighter
HMS Sirius (1786)
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HMS Sirius was a 10-gun sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy, launched in 1781 as the merchant ship Berwick. She was the flagship of the First Fleet, which sailed from Portsmouth, England, in 1787 to establ
Kingston, Norfolk Island
…Middlegate is about 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north. The uninhabited Nepean Island and Phillip Island are prominent in the sea view from Kingston. Causeway to HMS Sirius wrecksite, 1790 (exposed at low tide) Marine Barracks 1792, now Civil Hospital ruins 1831…
The melancholy loss of HMS Sirius off Norfolk Island March 19th 1790, George Raper
The last letter by Lapérouse, which was returned to Europe by HMS Andrew.
The HMS Sirius memorial in the Sydney suburb of Mosman.
Anchor from HMS Sirius in Sydney.