Norfolk Island's second penal settlement operated at Kingston from 1825 to 1855, established under Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane as a place of secondary punishment for the colonies' most serious repeat offenders. Its reputation as one of the harshest settlements in the British Empire was earned under commandants including Major Anderson, who oversaw a major building program in the 1830s, and Captain Alexander Maconochie, whose attempted reforms were abandoned after his replacement by Major Joseph Childs.
The settlement saw repeated uprisings, including the 1846 "Cooking Pot Uprising," in which four officials were murdered and twelve convicts were subsequently hanged.
Convict-built structures from this era still stand today within the Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area (KAVHA). This 1997 guide by Nan Smith covers the convict-era buildings and history of Kingston, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and fully indexed. Readers interested in the settlement's convict burial grounds may also want our listing for Colonial Era Cemetery of Norfolk Island.
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BOOK DETAILS
- Softcover book
- Published 1997
- 120-pages, indexed
- Illustrated with black/white photos
CONDITION
Used condition, with wear to the cover.
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