Norfolk Island

See below for all journeys to Norfolk Island

Located about halfway between Australia and New Zealand, the external Australian territory of Norfolk Island is a land of unique culture, breathtaking scenery and an intriguing past. Measuring only 8 kilometres long by 5 kilometres wide the island is covered with lush rolling hills and surrounded by rugged picturesque shorelines.

Norfolk Island was first settled by Polynesians between the 13th and 15th centuries, discovered by Captain Cook in 1774 and then later a convict settlement. This was a dark period in Norfolk’s history with the island becoming infamous for the harsh treatment prisoners received. Convict transportation to New South Wales stopped, the settlement was wound down and by 1855 only 11 people remained. The following year in 1856 Norfolk Island was handed over to the Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the infamous Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives, with 196 of these descendants making Norfolk Island their new home. Today about half of the island’s population are descendants of the original Pitcairn Islanders with some still using the original language. Known as Norf’k (also Norfuk) it is a mix of Tahitian and 18th century English.