Norfolk Island Introduction 2016, CIA World Factbook

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Norfolk Island Introduction 2016

SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Background:
Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.

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Norfolk Island Introduction 2016 https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/norfolk_island/norfolk_island_introduction.html SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES