A Visitor Experience
This unique tour of Norfolk's historic areas includes 150-year-old stone
quarries, grain mills, land once farmed by convicts and from 1856 by a
peaceful and pious community. Tools and hardware are used in a museum
setting to demonstrate past methods of building, farming and basic
survival.
The first part of the tour is historic Kingston's salt houses, windmill,
crank mill and buildings showing the workmanship of master craftsmen. As
you travel across the island to a charcoal burner's pit and the museum,
you will see many remnants of a bygone era visitor's also have the
opportunity to try shingle-making, stone-cutting, timber-working and
corn-grinding. The tour, which finishes at an island home where
refreshments are served, takes approximately 3 hours and retails for
$35.00 per person.
History in the Making has been put together by Arthur Evans a Norfolk
Islander who has worked in developing museum public programs,
interpretation of historic sites, historic research and delivering
enlightening sessions on his own family history, of the Bounty, Pitcairn
Island and Norfolk Island.
This unique tour journeys to 150-year-old stone quarries, grain mills,
land once farmed by convicts and a peaceful and pious community alike, and
a museum where convict tools and hardware are displayed.
The first part of the tour covers historic Kingston, where buildings
reveal the workmanship of master craftsmen. As you travel across the
island find out which areas were farmed and what was grown. Visit a
charcoal burner's pit and a museum where you will see many remnants of a
bygone era, demonstrations of past methods of building, farming and ones
own survival. Visitors also have the opportunity to try some of the
essential tasks of the day.
The tour, which includes refreshments served at an island home, takes
approximately 3 hours.
History in the Making has been put together by Arthur Evans, a Norfolk
Islander who has worked in developing museum public programs,
interpretation of historic sites, historic research and delivering
enlightening sessions on his own family history, of the Bounty, Pitcairn
Island and Norfolk Island.
Book direct: Phone +6723 23611 / +6723 22836, fax +6723 23611, email arkerrevans@norfolk.net.nf or contact the Tourist Bureau phone +6723 22147 or see your local tour agent.
Also available for group bookings: Be part of a unique dinner party at an open air site (weather permitting). Enjoy fine food, island hospitality and magnificent scenery in one of Norfolk's best and private locations.
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