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Facing p.24, referred to on p.13.

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Facing p.20, referred to on p.17.

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Facing p.14, referred to on p.38.

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Facing p.38, referred to on p.51. Francis Nobbs was one of the sons of the Rev. George Hunn Nobbs (1799-1884) who had come to Norfolk Island with the Pitcairn Islanders in 1856 and remained chaplain until his death.

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Facing p.42, referred to on p.44.

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Facing p.36, referred to on p.41. 'An avenue of stately pine trees crosses the island from the Melanesian Mission Station to the Town' (Spruson, p.41).

Scope and Contents 220 x 275 mm leather-bound book of 51 pages. The book is illustrated by one double-page and 13 full-page autotypes from original photographs, the printed surface of plates 2-14 approx. 22 x 165 mm. The reproductions are of varying quality, probably depending on that of the originals; at their best (e.g. plate 14) they are virtually indistinguishable from actual prints. They were taken and printed by Mr A. Dyer, Photo-Mechanical Operator of the Government Printing Office (see p.43). The...

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153 x 199 mm. A view looking along a path in the gardens at the end of which stands a fine Norfolk Island pine. These trees are endemic to Norfolk Island, which lies about 930 miles north-east of Sydney.

Scope and Contents Reports on settlements in Australia visited by Backhouse and Walker during 1833-1835, probably contemporary copies. The 'Australian dictionary of biography' has the following entry on the reports (vol. I, p. 45): 'They gave (Sir George) Arthur eight valuable reports on the penal settlements of Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur, the Aboriginal establishments on Flinders Island...In New South Wales and its dependencies Governor Bourke encouraged similar work in 1835-37...Their reports were...

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Facing p.44, referred to on p.49. C. Nobbs was another son of George Hunn Nobbs.

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Facing p.30, referred to on p.40.

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Facing p.32, referred to on p.40. John Coleridge Patteson, 1827-1871, went to the South Seas as a missionary in 1855 and six years later he was made Bishop of Melanesia. In 1866 he moved the headquarters of the Mission from New Zealand to Norfolk Island, and established St. Barnabas' College 'on a slight ridge, half a mile from the sea' (Spruson, p.39). Bishop Patteson was murdered on 16 September 1871 and a memorial chapel was erected to commemorate him: it was completed in 1880.

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Facing p.18, referred to on p.15. William Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick (1840-1896) was born in Norfolk Island on 17 June 1840, where his father, later the 4th Earl, was a magistrate.

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Facing p.10, referred to on p.12.

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38 x 160 mm. Frontispiece.

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Facing p.26, referred to on p.39.