Name: Dan
Email:none
Location: Marysville, Michigan, USA
Date: Sunday, October 7, 19101 at 14:54:15
Subject: health care, athletics
Submission:

Greetings from the tropical paradise of Southeastern Lower Michigan! About 6 degrees Celsius (sp?) here today, but sunny. Norfolk Island came to my attention while watching the World Athletics Championships from Edmonton, and I've read what I can find on the web. I wonder, what kind of health care facilities exist on the island? Do you ever recruit foreign health care workers, say, X-Ray Technicians from the States? And does your governing body for Athletics/Track and Field have a website? I was very impressed that you sent a race walker to Edmonton, perhaps you'll send a team to the World Cup someday.

Hello there I am looking for a lady friend whom I met in the RAAF back in 1981. Her name was Darlene and she was from Norfolk. If anyone knows her email address or if she's still there, please ask her to write to me. I can't remember her surname, but I'm sure she is the only Darlene there. I would love to hear from her. Thanks Simon

Hello, My name is Robert Gannon. I am from San Diego, CA, USA and am doing an around the world flying adventure with a single engine airplane. I intend to leave Nadi, Fiji on Dec. 7th and spend 2-3 days in Norfolk Island before continuing to Auckland, New Zealand. I would like to communicate with and meet the nice folks of Norfolk Island. Thank you. Robert Gannon

Hi there, I am a German woman and I am looking for penfriends. I am married with three children. Hope to hear from you soon. Christine

Remember? on 5th February 2001 726 locals signed the following Petition 550 were Electors Our population statistics as of Thursday 30th August 2001 was 2617 = 1379 residents This Petition of the residents of Norfolk Island brings to the attention of the House, their alarm at the number of Tourist Accommodation Conditional Registrations, which have been granted, and the effect on the Island's environment and the 'Way of life' of the people. Therefore the undersigned Petitioners Pray and Ask the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly to take immediate action; To suspend Conditional Registrations of the tourist accommodation units where work is yet to commence until the Island's ability to fund and provide essential services such as water supply, electricity supply, sewerage and waste management is established. HAS THIS BEEN DONE? now September 1st 2001 Many residents are disturbed because they have noticed or heard that there is to be an INCREASE IN TOURIST ACCOMMODATION QUOTA NUMBERS - even though they have not seen notification of the INCREASE IN NUMBERS (how many units?), (how many guests?), (and location?) in the Government Gazette - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – This advertisement inserted by Concerned Residents in the interest of the Norfolk Island Community

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Dear Daradizzybee,Could you possibly delete me from you guest book Ive got too much info out there and Im suffering the consequences Thanks so much.

Hi good people of the forum, I would like to start a corospondence with a norfolk islander...please. I fell in love with your island a couple of years ago. I would like to even move there and start a art glass shop. please email me, please...... jiadon@bellsouth.net. Sincerely Joe Iadonisi

Dear All...and everyone else, I was hoping that somebody could tell me a bit about Philip Island. I was reading an article written in 1982 about some scientists who were trying to recover Philip Island from the destruction by rabbits when the ship was stranded all those years ago. Could anyone give me some details, or even if I could find out if there are trees on it and green stuff (grass, shrubs - not snot) because it has me rather intrigued. Thanks! Unless of course you dont reply to me. Then thanks for nothing. Unless you consider sending me something, then forget. In that case, it's the thought that counts. So thanks!

I am researching services and organisations for/of the Deaf, those with Hearing Impairments or Hearing Loss. Would anyone be able to tell me what the situation is in Norfolk Island? Also if you could fill me in generally regarding the stats and any other info on the Deaf, I would really appreciate it. (Schooling, Religious services, Audiologists, deaf clubs)

Hey Lee, Agnes and all those at the travel centre, also hi to uncle barry and family... I've been to Norfolk Island 6 times, I'll be over there again in september so it'd be cool if i could get a pen friend or email friend that i could meet when I go over there I'm Kathryn, I'm 17 and I live in New Zealand.... Norfolk Island is my favouritest place on earth and someday I'd love to live there!

Hallo, I am a german journalist interested in details about the Norfolk island gene project (scientists collecting data on Norfolk peoples genome and genetic heritage) and the discussion about it. Who are the prople to address? Thank you! Barbara

If anyone could help me, I am looking for any possible way to get in contact with Cheryl Tennis Club, located on Norfolk Island. If anyone could help me it would be much appreciated!

Hi there, I was hoping Somebody might be able to forward my address on to a doctor working on Norfolk Island. I am a medical student, and I would like to ask him/her a few questions about an elective placement, If someone could either pass my email address along, or send me theirs, I would be most grateful.

just a quick note to the writter of "concerned" about Predator, Norfolk is a small community of course anything like the story on "Predator" is going to be big news, if it were here in Australia it would just be another daily accourance, like murder and robbery of the old, and bashings,prostitution , drug dealers and gang warfare and homeless people, drug addicts, etc etc the list could go on and on, What this man has done is by no means right in any persons book, but if you are thinking of going to live on Norfolk I sugest you change your outlook on things, if you had any idear of a small community lifestyle you would know that there isnt to much that is a secret on a day to day basis, my advice to you is get real, this is the real world we live in not a perfect world, if it is such a perfect world why dont you stay where you are...???

I would like to thank whoever posted the notice about the "predator" in the forum. We had been looking at moving our family with small children to Norfolk Island as we believed that it would give them a better life. One thing we were concerned about was the "old boys network" which is prevalent in most small communities and places. This view was reinforced by reading this disturbing message. If one man can get away with such a thing for so long and be protected by the church and members of the community who he grew up with and has business dealings with, then what faith and trust can you have in any community when this sort of thing is covered up. It makes us wonder what other things are hushed up. We are also concerned as to how well newcomers are accepted into a community with such a strong "old boys network" you would be afraid to speak your mind in case you upset one of the club and they could then make your life in a small community unbearable. Any applications that you made to the assembly could be declined as a favour to one of the members friends. I am not saying that this would happen but you do have to wonder in light of these henious crimes against children being covered up. Who else knew about them and did nothing? It seems unbelievable in a small community that word of these actions did not get around more. Having lived in small communities I know how quickly knowledge of these things can spread, even when they have been "hushed up" I applaud the people who had the courage to speak out against a long standing member of the community. We will be reviewing our decision to shift our family to the island.

Just a quick hello to all yourley on Norfolk, this is the first chance iv had to look at this Norfolk site, must say kept me busy for hours, some really good reading there, as always its good to hear whats going on at home, home a place I dont get to often enough, only wish i could earn the money on norfolk that i can earn in the bush in W.A. and by the looks of the price of real estate on Norfolk ill be staying in the bush in W.A for a lot longer, anyway dar es dar, cheers to all yourley Robyn

Dear Reader, My wife and I spent Bounty Week on Norfolk and I thought I would like to let others know of our trip. We visited as a part of a group tour conducted by Smiths Travel Club based in Riana Tasmania.There will not be enough bytes available for me to give you a complete run down but we had perhaps the greatest experience of our lives. In chronological order we went to church at Kingston to a celebration service and were amazed at the attendance. Sure it was part of our trip but it was an experience not to be missed. I wonder on that Sunday evening how many churches in Sydney or anywhere else for that matter would have had such an enlightening experience.About 400 hundred enthusiastic attendees.Particularly the part of the service conducted by the resident "songster". We were to met him again later in the week.Pinetree Tours a local tour company operated by a Mr Michael Prentice were responsible for taking us fropm place to place to see the local attractions. We would like to congratulate him for his "Staff's" enthusiasm and knowledge and I know its wrong to single out one person but we enjoyed the commentary of "Max" who obviously has an enthusiasm for his home and its history which "mainland guides" should seek to emulate. We met "Joy ?" on this trip also and she echoed Max's enthusiasm. We were continually surprised at the comeraderie displayed by every one we met including the residents who opened their homes to the progressive dinners and cultural visits. The "fish fry" and "breakfast on the cliff top "shouldn't be missed by anyone visiting. The highlight perhaps of our trip was the Bounty Day celebration and the lunch served by Mr Prentice and his staff for the visitors was beyond belief.CONGRATULATIONS to him and his staff (perhaps also to his wife and even his family). I nearly forgot to mention the glass bottom boat trip with "Lettuce" also not to be missed. I sound like I'm the public relations office at the local tourist bureau.I'd better go know and let someone else have a say. I should mention the Old TimeMusic Hall and the Convict Night and the Bounty Show and the Four Wheel driver Eddie. Maybe I'll write an article and send to the local paper.

Predator in paradise Date: 14/09/2000 The name Nobbs is carved deep in the heart of Norfolk Island. There are innumerable Nobbs buried under mossy tombstones in the historic cemetery, inscribed on the war memorial, recorded in the annals of the island's commerce, religion and civic service. The pioneer of the clan, George Hunn Nobbs, an Irishman who claimed to be the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Hastings, arrived there in 1856 as the pastor, schoolmaster and doctor of a shipload of refugees from Pitcairn Island, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian women. A century and a half later, the descendants of Nobbs and his wife Sarah (granddaughter of the swashbuckling leader of the mutiny, Fletcher Christian) are among the largest and most influential of the "founding father" families which still dominate most aspects of life on this self-governing island territory whose symbol is the eponymous pine tree. There are 24 of them in the flimsy phone book, among the 1,800 other residents. They run shops in the tourist drag of the main settlement, Burnt Pine; they own farmland and tourist accommodation; they are prominent in the church and service organisations; one, Ron Nobbs, is Chief Minister in the island's nine-member Parliament. And one has just brought the deepest disgrace imaginable to his family and his ancestral island home. Stephen Enoch Nobbs, fifth-generation descendant of Norfolk Island's pioneers, deacon of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, prominent businessman and pillar of the community, has become the first islander to be charged with, and convicted of, sex crimes against children. Aged 68, a white-haired, ruddy faced grandfather, Nobbs listened impassively in the Norfolk Island courthouse last month as the verdict of a magistrate, 1,800 kilometres away in Canberra, was read to him: guilty of six charges of indecency against two girls, aged then between 7 and 13, in assaults dating back 20 years. He will have to wait until November to learn his sentence - the maximum is five years' jail. Elsewhere in the courthouse, a handsome greystone building constructed in 1882 as a military barracks, a great cheer went up from the crowd of Nobbs's victims, their families and supporters who hugged each other and wept in relief at the end of their ordeal. "The message is - we don't have to put up with this any more," said one woman. Pedophilia is a terrible crime, anywhere, any time, but in a closed and insular little community like Norfolk Island, where everyone knows everyone else and many are bound by ties of kinship going back generations, it raises issues that do not have to be confronted in the anonymity of big cities. "Until now," says Donald Christian-Reynolds, another descendant of Fletcher Christian and co-founder of a new victims' support group , "no-one acknowledged that sexual abuse took place here. It was something you didn't talk about. But now women are coming out of the woodwork saying 'It happened to me, too'." In the aftermath of the historic verdict, questions are being asked, too, about the failure of the Seventh Day Adventist Church - which plays a central role in the lives of many island families - to respond to complaints about Nobbs going back many years, and to adequately support and counsel the women whom he abused. To the 37,000 tourists who flock there every year, Norfolk Island promises a relaxing time in "paradise," a word that crops up in the travel brochures. A self-governing tax haven, only eight kilometres by five, it boasts sandy coves, a picturesque golf course, remnants of a rainforest and some of the most handsome Georgian architecture in the Southern Hemisphere. And history. Discovered by Captain Cook in 1774, the island was used first as a grim ghetto for Australia's worst convicts ("a place of the extremist punishment short of death," decreed Governor Ralph Darling) then settled by descendants of the Bounty mutineers who had exhausted the resources of their first landfall on remote Pitcairn Island. By then, the survivors had put behind them their debauched and barbaric past and taken to religion. Within 20 years of settling on Pitcairn Island 14 of the 15 men were dead, mostly murdered in fights over "ownership" of the Tahitian women, and the astonished British sealing skipper who discovered the colony found the lone male survivor, John Adams, happily ensconced in a harem of nine women, surrounded by 25 children who all called him father. Religion is still an important part of life on Norfolk Island, and the Seventh Day Adventists - an American evangelical church which established a foothold on the island in 1891 when a missionary ship arrived and converted the Rev Alfred Nobbs from Anglicanism - are one of the larger denominations. Adventists are well-known for their welfare work, and prominent in the business community. The Nobbs family is still a pillar of the church, and "Steve" Nobbs, a married man with children, is still a regular at Saturday services. A successful businessman and former president of Rotary, with a tour operation, holiday flats and land-holdings, Nobbs was the senior deacon, and a leading fund-raiser for the Seventh Day Adventists. Which may partly explain why when, seven or eight years ago, a young woman who had been holidaying on the island accused Nobbs of having attempted to rape her in the shed where he keeps a boat used for fishing trips, her complaint was greeted with disbelief, and no action was taken beyond asking Nobbs for his account of the incident. "She is over 18 and what we do is no-one else's business," a member of her family claims he said. How far this complaint was pressed at that time is not clear. One of the woman's irate relatives, a resident of the island, did make a written complaint to the church in which he protested: "All those abused by Mr Nobbs are not troublemakers in our church and community who should be silenced, but victims of crime whose voices need to be heard." However, church elders persuaded the family not to take it to the police, and nothing was done. Questioned about this, Ralph Weslake, senior elder of the church (and, incidentally, an employee of Nobbs), confirmed that the complaint of attempted rape had been made: "But Steve denied it, and anyway the girl is dead now so what can you do?" Of another allegation, he said: "What's in it? A touch on the breast? If that's illegal we should all be in jail." Asked why the church had not called in the police then to properly investigate, he said: "We like to keep things like that within the church." Two years ago another case surfaced, this time involving the daughter of a man who had been a lifelong friend of Nobbs. His daughter, he said, had plucked up courage to tell him about an incident when she was six years old and Nobbs had molested her while she was on holiday. Again, the father, a member of the congregation, was persuaded not to pursue it. And then, last Christmas, a group of women were talking together and decided to share a secret - they, too, had been victims of Nobbs's attentions. Eventually three of them (a charge involving the third woman was dismissed) decided to go to the police, and by a stroke of good fortune found that one of the ACT officers assigned to Norfolk Island, Special Constable Rachelle Heath, had been trained in handling complaints of sexual assault. This time Nobbs would not be able to use his influence to escape justice. Only in a place like Norfolk Island would a scandal such as the charging of such a senior and respected citizen with pedophilia not be reported. Especially since only once before in the island's recent history had a sex crime of any sort been prosecuted. On that occasion, in 1993, the offence was common law rape (Norfolk Island has its rather antiquated criminal code, the so-called Green Book). An all-male jury was empanelled, and the woman was cross-examined on her previous sexual history, long prohibited in Australian jurisdictions. The man was acquitted, the woman was forced to leave the island - and that was the last time anyone complained of sexual assault. Tom Lloyd, owner, editor and chief reporter of the local newspaper, says he steers clear of controversial issues such as criminal cases, particularly since 1980 when his offices were burnt down in a still unsolved arson attack, apparently revenge for a story someone did not like. Merval Hoare, another long-time resident and author of the definitive history of Norfolk Island, has another take on it: "They wouldn't report the case because it might affect tourism - people come here because it's supposed to be the safest place in the world." Indeed, local residents ostentatiously leave the keys in their cars when they park. Whatever the reason, the only information people had about the charges against Nobbs until the hearing began in June was by way of word of mouth, or "dem tull" as they say in the unique local lingo, an exotic hybrid of 18th-century English and Tahitian. Inevitably, the story was exaggerated and embellished and the family, the church congregation, the community and the island divided into hostile camps. But when the court convened for the trial, before Ron Cahill, the chief magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory who also acts as head of the Bench on Norfolk Island, only about a dozen curious residents - mostly relatives of the victims and members of the church congregation - turned up to listen as the sordid story unfolded. The first witness, a girl of 14, gave evidence by video link from an adjoining office - another first for Norfolk Island. Supported by her brother, crying occasionally and sipping water, she described four occasions dating back to when she was seven years old when Nobbs had molested her, at her home and at his holiday apartments. The girl's mother backed her evidence, testifying that when she discovered what had happened, in February, she had sent Nobbs back the Bible he had given the girl as a birthday present with a note saying, "I am absolutely devastated with what you have done to our daughter." When she confronted Nobbs he had told her to tell her daughter to keep her mouth shut and he was "getting help". The second victim, now a woman in her early 30s, told of assaults by Nobbs nearly 20 years ago, including one occasion when he had grasped her breasts outside the church after a service. When she remonstrated, he had said: "That's why God put them there." In a theme that will be familiar to many victims of sexual assault, the woman said she had kept quiet about it until now "because I thought at the time that it was my fault". On oath, Nobbs testified that he had never touched the girls inappropriately, although he did concede he told one of the mothers "---- is out to get all the information he can get. Don't let your two girls near him", which prompted this exchange with the prosecutor, Adrian Robertson, the assistant ACT Director of Public Prosecutions: Q: You got away with it for over 10 years, did you not ? Until ... A :That's rubbish. Q: ... finally someone had the guts to go to the police about you. The scars from this case will be a long time healing. Although both his victims are thankful for the verdict and relieved that it is all over, there is no professional counselling available on the island, something which concerns Norfolk's health minister, Geoff Gardiner. "It has highlighted the need for some of these services even in an idyllic setting like Norfolk Island where you would never expect it," he says. "People think this is a green, pleasant place where you can leave your keys in the car ... you would never expect something like this to occur." Gardiner estimates that - because of the extended family relationships involved - between 60 and 90 people have been affected by the case. He has arranged for social workers to fly in from the mainland, but is anxious to establish a more permanent service to encourage other women who may have been assaulted "to feel safe about coming out and talking about it". Others are concerned that the conviction of Nobbs may be just the tip of the iceberg of a long-repressed tradition of sexual abuse. Merval Hoare, for one, believes that it is "a patriarchal society where these things have been kept private and hushed up". A clergyman familiar with the island and its problems says: "You are talking about a small, closed community. Sexual abuse has been prevalent across a number of families, and it goes right back to their origins. It is part of the culture. "These women have been very brave in pressing these issues within the church and the wider community, and sending a message that this is no longer acceptable. The subtext to the paradise which it is advertised as being is that there have been significant amounts of pain." For the Seventh Day Adventist Church, struggling to cope with news of the convictions, there is also the issue of how abuse by such a senior member of the congregation could have been allowed to go on for so long, despite complaints against Nobbs going back almost a decade. Pastor Malcolm Allen is president of the Greater Sydney Conference of the church, the governing body of the Norfolk Island Assembly. He has reviewed the files and believes the church acted "fairly and responsibly" when the first complaints were made: "We can only act on facts, not rumours." He says that as soon as the latest allegations surfaced, Nobbs had been asked to stand down as deacon pending the result of the case. It was a "horrific thing", but "we don't have a problem with this. We don't condone abuse, particularly child abuse, and we have not covered it up. In my administration [he was appointed three years ago] I believe we have acted honourably". As for the disgraced Stephen Nobbs, his conduct was "unbecoming and unethical" and it would be left to the local congregation to "discipline" him. To whatever fate the church, and the magistrate, determine will be added the community's wrath. Already there are stories that his farm fences have been cut, and men who have known him all their lives have turned their backs, rather than help him with his boat. 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Hi les,(addam's) it's marissa!annes daughter just incase you've forgoten my name!just writing to see how your going and to say hi!melissa from norfolk was over,she's a nice!and i was asking how your going and i forgot to tell to say hi and hope your doing ok!i also said you should come to the "MAINLAND" to find some nice,sexy girls,you'de pick up easily!more of a selection over here!im sure they'd fall for your charm!!!well if you mget bored or want to talk about well anything,writing easier if you want to get things of your chest i feel like a dick saying that but its up to you.okay well have fun from marissa.my email is missmooey69@hotmail.com.au ,ignore the conentations in my address,its a little kinky i know!

i am a university student at UNSW in sydney, and am currently analysing a policy which indirectly relates to norfolk island. what i would like to know [ if you would be so kind ], is whether norfolk island representatives have taken the australian government to the United Nations yet [ after canberra demanded islanders become australian citizens before their local elections ]? if so, what were the outcomes? if not, when is this scheduled to take place? ultimately, i would really REALLY like to speak to one of the representatives, & get their opinioins / views / arguments on the matter. THANK YOU, MARAMA.

DID YOU KNOW - it would take approx 1428 cars to cover a football field the size of Homebush Stadium. Which is approx the number of cars imported between 1991 and 2000 into Norfolk Island THINK ABOUT IT. There are currently over 6000 registered vehicles. How many Homebush Stadiums do we have to remove off the island or will then continue to be dumped into the sea?

Could you possibly tell me if Anna Christian is living on the Island as I would like to get in touch with her . We went to Wyong High School(1976)NSW and then on to nursing in the same hospital St. Margarets in Sydney. And then I lost contact as I went back home to Budgewoi.NSW. If at all possible Id like to catch up. See yorly

Aloha from Maui, is there a book sore on Norfold Island? I am an author, created a now Patented healing system for women, and would like to know if there is a store and if you all have "Woman Heal Thysefl" in stock Thanks, JB

I have just read the superb book "Morgan's Run". Is Colleen going to write a sequel??

I would like to hear from some Norfolk Natives on how they feel about new people moving in from other places. I have been looking through here, & feel there may be animosity concerning this. No taxes are not the only thing I like about the Island, but surely going somewhere beautiful & unspoilt with less government interference is very appealing. It does not mean that we would not want to do our share for the community, it just means we are sick of the govt. taking over half our money & spending it in ways we do not believe in. Also, the Island looks like just the kind of place I like except it is hard to tell how bright it gets. And it is very upsetting to hear about tearing down your old & peaceful roads to build nice modern ones. Could they not just put some kaliche down & not have to pave & cut trees & so forth. This progress is exactly what I wish to escape, I felt like crying & I have never even been. What happened to Capt. Cook Rd? I I do not want to move in & be on govt. council or anything, I would just want to be accepted & know that I would not put a lot into an investment, & then have to leave in 6 mos to 3 yrs time. I understand that the real estate is more, you must have some ways to support an economy that does not have income tax, ect. I have no problem with this. You can't have everything. All similiar economys have high real estate prices also, & are favorable to the Natives on first purchase rights. That is only fair. Please I would like to hear from anyone with an opinion on this subject before I seriously consider moving there. Thank you!!! Donna in Austin, Texas (it is beautiful here but out of control)!

Hi Can anyone give me the email address for Al Partridge (Burnt Pine Travel)and Hamish Calvert a plumber who moved there a few months ago. Thanks.

Hi there, My two ancestors Michael Nowland and Elizabeth Richards were selected to join the party which left Sydney Cove on the "Surprise" on August 1 1790 and reached Norfolk Island on the 7 August. Does anyone know who I should contact for records? Thanks

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I'm not sure if this is the correct place to put this, but can anyone help me with getting in contact with whoever publishes the local paper. Either a fax or email address would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Our family, children of the late Una Mulcahy (nee Borriello) are trying to organise a Family Reunion for decendants of Dinah Evans. We know my mother (Una) sister is still living on Norfolk and I'm sorry I don't have your last name. Nornie (not sure of spelling) has a daughter Gordie (sorry again only going on memory) and she has a son also. We would love to make contact with all of our relatives on Norfolk and also invite them to join us if they could. If anyone knows who I'm referring to could you please pass on a message and have them contact me by email. I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you.

Hello, I live in New Zealand and i have been to Norfolk 5 times. i like to get in touch with Checkers clothing shop somehow either through emial, or fax. if you could help me in anyway i'd be very grateful. thank you later dudes!

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What's all this about more development and widening roads etc.. that I have just read. As a one time visitor to Norfolk, I would like to say, Norfolk is so popular with the tourists because of the way it is......NOW. THAT is the reason we love to come over there. Flash new developments and lovely! tarsealed roads would make it just like a suburb of some country we are trying to escape, such as New Zealand. The rough dirt roads etc.. are what makes the place different and beautiful. There is nothing nice about tarseal all over the place. Please don't change Norfolk and it's unspoilt beauty for OUR sakes ( the tourists ). We love it just the way it is, as do it seems, the permanent residents. Good luck those of you who have the sense to keep things as they are. Development has to cease sooner or later. Why don't you make it sooner. Kindest regards. Sue Phipps

WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM MY GRANDPARENTS OR FROM MY AUNT AND UNCLE THEY ARE GOLDIE AND LONA BUFFETT AND TANE AND RICHARD COTTLE IF ANYONE CAN PLEASE LET THEM KNOW MY EMAIL ADDRESS I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL THANKS

norfolk island is the most beautiful place i've ever seen. i would like more pictures of it sent to me if at all possible. i'd also like to learn more about it. thank you. yours truly, april minervino

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MY NAME IS JASON PISANI AND I LIVE IN MALTA, A LITTLE ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. I AM A PHONECARD COLLECTOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE PHONECARDS WITH NORFOLK & PITCAIRN ISLANDS COLLECTORS. YOU CAN ASK ME FOR ANY COLLECTION YOU LIKE (STAMPS,BUS TICKETS, LOTTERY TICKETS, POSTCARDS ETC. ETC.). I HOPE THAT YOU WILL WRITE TO ME AND BECOME GOOD FRIENDS. THANK YOU.

I was reading about The Greenwich University Act. I want to know if it is legal before I enrol. It seems strange because according to your site the The Legislative may not pass any bills involving education these must be approved not only by the Australian Administrator, but also by Australia's Minister for Territories. How can I be sure that this is the case?

its a cool island I love the scenery me AND mom visited the web site by mistake when we were looking for NFL.com but we are so glad we found your little paradise. Does anyone actually live on the island? It looked like we were going back in time to a place which was hardly inhabited? Nice site, Happy New Year all you Norfolkians! warm regards Tom