Independence Year :
Population : 2000
Life Expectancy : 0.0
Capital : 2806
GNP : 0.00
GNP Old : 0.00
Local Name : Norfolk Island
Government Form : Territory of Australia
Location : Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Terrain : volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Climate : subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Ethnic Group : descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian
Religions : Anglican 34.9%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%, Australian Christian 2.4%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 2.7%, unspecified 15.3%, none 18.1%
Official Website :
www.norfolkisland.com.au
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General Information - Norfolk Island
History
Norfolk island is a small volcanic island 8x5kms lying in the Pacific Ocean about 1,600km of Sydney Australia. There are 2 small islands to the South, Nepean (a limestone islet approx 4 hectares in extent) and Philip, a volcanic island 2 kms long.
Captain Cook discovered Norfolk Island on 10 October 1774 on his second voyage around the world on the HMS Resolution. He described the island as "paradise" and named it Norfolk Isle, in honour of that Noble family. Part of Cook's diary " we found the island uninhabited and near a kin to New Zealand, the flax plant, many other plants and trees common to that country was found here but the chief produce of the isle is spruce pines which grow here in vast abundance and vast size, different sort to those in New Calendonia and also to those in New Zealand and for Masts, Yards &ca superior to both"
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