Norfolk Island - Kingston

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Norfolk Island - Kingston</title> <meta name="Description" content="The Web's leading information resource on Norfolk Island."> <meta name="Keywords" content="Norfolk,Island,Oceania,Australia,colony,colonialism,history,gaol,jail,Pitcairn,travel,paradise,genocide,Cook,Bounty,convicts,family"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="pitcairners_style.css"> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-RM9X0TS7ZR"></script><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-RM9X0TS7ZR');</script> </head> <body> <div align="center"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">  <tr> <td colspan="3" background="images/header_background.gif"><img src="images/header.gif" width="584" height="101" border="0" alt="Norfolk Island - The Website"></td> </tr>  <tr> <td background="images/nav_leftcolumn.gif"><img src="images/nav_leftcolumn.gif" width="31" height="27" border="0" alt=""></td> <td width="100%" background="images/nav_leftcolumn.gif"><a href="index.html"><img src="images/nav_home.gif" width="51" height="27" border="0" alt="Home"></a><a href="virtualtour.html"><img src="images/nav_virtualtour.gif" width="77" height="27" border="0" alt="Virtual Tour"></a><a href="visitorinformation.html"><img src="images/nav_visitorinformation.gif" width="118" height="27" border="0" alt="Visitor Information"></a><a href="beforecolonization.html"><img src="images/nav_beforecolonization.gif" width="125" height="27" border="0" alt="Before Colonization"></a><a href="settlements.html"><img src="images/nav_settlements.gif" width="80" height="27" border="0" alt="Settlements"></a><a href="government.html"><img src="images/nav_government.gif" width="83" height="27" border="0" alt="Government"></a></td> <td background="images/nav_leftcolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="8" height="27" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">  <tr> <td background="images/content_leftcolumn.gif"><img src="images/content_leftcolumn.gif" width="31" height="21" border="0" alt=""></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/content_leftcolumn_curve.gif" width="24" height="21" border="0" alt=""></td> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="353" height="21" border="0" alt=""></td> <td background="images/content_middlecolumn.gif"><img src="images/content_middlecolumn.gif" width="25" height="21" border="0" alt=""></td> <td background="images/content_navcolumn.gif"><img src="images/content_navcolumn.gif" width="160" height="21" border="0" alt=""></td> <td background="images/content_rightcolumn.gif"><img src="images/content_rightcolumn.gif" width="8" height="21" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr>  <tr valign="top"> <td background="images/content_leftcolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="body"> <p class="bodyheading">Kingston</p> <p>Kingston is the township founded on Norfolk by the <a href="settlements.html">First Settlers</a>. It was subsequently the main township during the <a href="settlements2.html">Second</a> and early <a href="settlements3.html">Third Settlements</a>. Today the main commercial centre is Burnt Pine, with Kingston being the main administrative and historical centre of the island. It is built on the only flat, sea-level land available on Norfolk.</p> </div> <br> <table cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="middle"> <td bgcolor="#336699"><a href="javascript:launch('l_kingston1.html',600,399)"><img src="images/sml_kingston1.jpg" width="200" height="137" border="0" alt="Kingston from Flagstaff Hill"></a></td> <td width="100%"><p class="body">Kingston from Flagstaff Hill - in the foreground are the beach store, crankmill, and boatshed. The Kingston jetty juts out in the lower right of the picture. Centre-left are the walls of the gaol and prisoner's barracks, while in the right of the picture is Slaughter Bay, and at the top: Emily Bay.</p></td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td bgcolor="#336699"><a href="javascript:launch('l_kingston2.html',600,400)"><img src="images/sml_kingston2.jpg" width="200" height="137" border="0" alt="Kingston from Flagstaff Hill"></a></td> <td width="100%"><p class="body">Kingston from Flagstaff Hill - in this photograph the walls of the gaol and prisoner's barracks are again at centre-left.</p></td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td bgcolor="#336699"><a href="javascript:launch('l_kingston3.html',600,410)"><img src="images/sml_kingston3.jpg" width="200" height="137" border="0" alt="Kingston from the Queen Elizabeth Lookout"></a></td> <td width="100%"><p class="body">Kingston from the Queen Elizabeth Lookout - in the foreground are the Old Military Barracks. In the centre-right are the New Military Barracks and the Commissariat Store. Beyond the Old Military Barracks is the Kingston Common. In the centre of the photo are the Gaol walls and the Kingston jetty area.</p></td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td bgcolor="#336699"><a href="javascript:launch('l_kingston4.html',600,400)"><img src="images/sml_kingston4.jpg" width="200" height="137" border="0" alt="Looking out to Phillip Island"></a></td> <td width="100%"><p class="body">Looking out over the Old Military Barracks to Phillip Island.</p></td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td bgcolor="#336699"><a href="javascript:launch('l_kingston5.html',600,387)"><img src="images/sml_kingston5.jpg" width="200" height="137" border="0" alt="Ruins of the Governor's House"></a></td> <td width="100%"><p class="body">Ruins of the Governor's House, below Flagstaff Hill.</p></td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td bgcolor="#336699"><a href="javascript:launch('l_kingston6.html',600,401)"><img src="images/sml_kingston6.jpg" width="200" height="137" border="0" alt="Ruins of the Civil Hospital"></a></td> <td width="100%"><p class="body">Ruins of the Civil Hospital.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br><br> </td> <td background="images/content_middlecolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td background="images/content_navcolumn.gif"> <div class="nav"> <p class="navsectionname">Virtual Tour</p> <p> <a href="virtualtour.html" class="navpagelink">Virtual Tour</a><br> <span class="navcurrentpage">Kingston</span><br> <a href="vt_prisoners_barracks.html" class="navpagelink">The Prisoners' Barracks</a><br> <a href="vt_emily_bay.html" class="navpagelink">Emily Bay</a><br> <a href="vt_new_military_barracks.html" class="navpagelink">New Military Barracks</a><br> <a href="vt_crankmill.html" class="navpagelink">The Crankmill</a><br> <a href="vt_quality_row.html" class="navpagelink">Quality Row</a><br> <a href="vt_around_the_coast.html" class="navpagelink">Around the Coast</a><br> <a href="vt_old_military_barracks.html" class="navpagelink">Old Military Barracks</a><br> <a href="vt_commissariat_store.html" class="navpagelink">The Commissariat Store</a><br> <a href="vt_beach_store.html" class="navpagelink">The Beach Store</a><br> <a href="vt_new_gaol.html" class="navpagelink">The New Gaol</a><br> <a href="vt_cemetery.html" class="navpagelink">The Cemetery</a><br> <a href="vt_officers_baths.html" class="navpagelink">The Officers' Baths</a><br> <a href="vt_bloody_bridge.html" class="navpagelink">Bloody Bridge</a><br> <a href="vt_st_barnabas_chapel.html" class="navpagelink">St Barnabas Chapel</a><br> </p> <div align="center"> <br><br><br><br>  </div> </div> </td> <td background="images/content_rightcolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr>  <tr valign="top"> <td background="images/content_leftcolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" nowrap> <div align="center"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0"> <tr valign="center"> <td><span class="footer">Copyright © 1996</span></td> <td></td> <td><a href="privacy.html" class="footer">Your Privacy</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td background="images/content_middlecolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td background="images/content_navcolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td background="images/content_rightcolumn.gif"><img src="images/blank.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>

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