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A history of Lord Howe Island [microform] / by Max Nicholls

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Nicholls, Max
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[Lord Howe Island, N.S.W. : Max Nicholls, 1951]
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Contents

History of LORD HOWE ISLAND 1
History of LORD HOWE ISLAND 3
Foreword 7
Introduction 9
FROM LOG BOOK OF H.M.S. “SUPPLY” DISCOVERY OF LORD HOWE ISLAND 11
H.M.S. “SUPPLY” 21
FIRST SETTLEMENT 22
REPORT FROM H.M.S. “HERALD," 1853 23
FIRST SURVEY 25
CAPTAIN BLUNKINSOP 27
PROPOSED CONVICT SETTLEMENT 28
“SYDNEY HERALD," MARCH 25, 1854 29
LORD HOWE ISLAND AS A PORT OF CALL 30
HIDDEN TREASURE 44
BARQUE "DESPATCH.” 47
FIRST TRADING VESSEL 48
MUTINY ON WHALER “WATER WITCH.” 52
SHIPWRECKS, MUTINIES, ETC. 52
SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED 55
BRIG “NAIAD.” 57
KETCH “DEWDROP." 57
KETCH “COMET." 58
LAST FULL-RIGGED SHIP TO ARRIVE AT LORD HOWE ISLAND. 58
MIDDLETON AND ELIZABETH REEFS. 59
WRECK OF THE BARQUE “S.M. STETSON.” 59
"WHANGAROA.” 62
WHALER, “LADY BLACKWOOD.” 63
BARQUE “AURIFERA." 64
BRIGANTINE "ZENO." 65
“LA MEURTHE." 65
"OVALAU.” 66
“MAKAMBO AND THE RAT PLAGUE. 66
“MYSTERY STAR.” 68
MOTOR LAUNCH “VIKING." 69
"MAELGWYN.” 72
BARQUE “ANNASONA.” 72
HISTORY OF THE WHALER “ALADDIN.” 73
WHALING GROUNDS. 75
ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLAND 76
FORMATION OF THE “BOARD OF CONTROL.” 77
AN ESCAPED CONVICT 78
FORMER RESIDENTS OF LORD HOWE ISLAND. 80
THOMPSON FAMILY. 88
BOTANICAL NOTES. 89
VICE REGAL VISITS. 97
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS. 98
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GEOLOGY. 103
PALM SEED INDUSTRY. 105
POST OFFICE. 110
ORIGIN OF PLACE NAMES. 112
BLACKBORN ISLAND, now RABBIT ISLAND. 113
ERSKINE VALLEY. 113
HUNTER BAY, NOW OLD SETTLEMENT. 113
KING POINT. 113
PRINCE WM. HY. BAY. 113
ADMIRALTY OR ROACH ISLANDS. 114
CALLAM OR NORTH BAY. 114
COLLINS COVE, NOW OLD GULCH. 114
PHILLIP POINT, PHILLIP ROCK, PHILLIP BLUFF. 114
NED’S BEACH. 115
DAWSON'S POINT. 116
ERSCOTT’S PASSAGE. 116
FINGER PEAK OR MT. ELIZA. 116
GEORGE’S BAY. 116
NORTH PEAK OR MALABAR HILL. 116
ROSS OR BLINKENTHORPE BAY. 116
COMET'S HOLE. 117
MOSELY PARK. 117
SYLPH'S HOLE. 117
TRANSIT HILL. 117
FITZGERALD'S VISIT TO THE ISLAND IN 1869. 118
SMOKING TREE. 118
SURVEYS OF LORD HOWE ISLAND. 118
FITZGERALD'S VISIT TO LORD HOWE ISLAND IN 1876. 121
FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE EXTINCT MEIOLANIA. 123
CAVES AT NORTH BAY. 124
BIRD LIFE. 125
MYSTERY OF OLD BILL. 125
OLD GRAVES ON LORD HOWE ISLAND. 129
SHORT PARAGRAPHS. 130
FATALITIES. 135
LORD HOWE ISLAND. 136
“PINETREES." 138
FISHING. 141
DATES OF ARRIVALS. 142
FISHING. 143
EDUCATION AT LORD HOWE ISLAND. 145
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. 148
[Chapter heading not available] 149
[Chapter heading not available] 150
[Chapter heading not available] 151

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