Kingston and Arthur's Vale
Convict settlement on Norfolk Island, occupied twice and abandoned twice, and the only Australian convict site that also carries evidence of earlier Polynesian settlement. Pitcairn descendants of the Bounty mutineers were resettled here afterwards.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1788 CE mainstream
first settlement, six weeks after the First Fleet reached Sydney source - 1814 CE mainstream
abandoned; buildings destroyed source - 1825 CE mainstream
reoccupied as a second, harsher penal settlement source - 1856 CE mainstream
Pitcairn islanders resettled on the island source
Where
29.0533° S, 167.9586° E
Sources
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.