The Seven Bridges of Kingston

Bloody Bridge, Bounty Street Bridge, Pier Street Bridge, Canal Bridge, New Bridge, Old Bay Street…

The Bounty Cannon Project: A conservation story

How does a museum approach conservation of its most valued objects? The risk of damage…

Mission Life: The Melanesian Mission on Norfolk Island

Mission Life: The Melanesian Mission on Norfolk Island 1866 – 1920 In recent years Archbishop…

Amberjac

When the Bounty mutineers found their way to Pitcairn Island, one of their first acts…

Whaling Tales: The story of Norfolk’s first Whalers

Amongst the Pitcairners’ graves in the Norfolk Island cemetery lies Isaac Christian, a grandson of…

A World of Wellness

To begin: Turn off the mobile. Take your shoes off. Walk on the grass. Smell…

The Libraries of Kingston: An untold story

February 2011 saw the opening to the public of the new Kingston & Arthur’s Vale…

HMS Sirius: Her Two Stories

On 19 March 1790 HMS Sirius; flagship of the First Fleet and the only means…

The Kingston Pier

In March 1788 a small party of convicts and marines under Lt Phillip Gidley King was…

Branka House: Layers of living history

Norfolk Island is well-known as the site of a British penal settlement in the 18th…