Norfolk Island - Kingston

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Norfolk Island - Kingston
Kingston
Kingston is the township founded on Norfolk by the
First Settlers
. It was subsequently the main township during the
Second
and early
Third Settlements
. 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.
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.
Kingston from Flagstaff Hill - in this photograph the walls of the gaol and prisoner's barracks are again at centre-left.
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.
Looking out over the Old Military Barracks to Phillip Island.
Ruins of the Governor's House, below Flagstaff Hill.
Ruins of the Civil Hospital.
Virtual Tour
Virtual Tour
Kingston
The Prisoners' Barracks
Emily Bay
New Military Barracks
The Crankmill
Quality Row
Around the Coast
Old Military Barracks
The Commissariat Store
The Beach Store
The New Gaol
The Cemetery
The Officers' Baths
Bloody Bridge
St Barnabas Chapel
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