A brutal outpost for banished British prisoners, home to the descendants of Bounty mutineers…Norfolk Island’s history reads like a page-turner. And nowhere captures the island’s early days quite like Kingston, part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian Convict Sites.
Take a self-guided tour around historic military and government buildings and the ruins of old gaols. Or, browse the exhibits of the Norfolk Island Museum, hosted across several heritage venues.
Norfolk Island Museum staff run tag-along tours, which are included with the museums pass. For an additional fee, you can also join a local-led tour of the cemetery, where hand-carved epitaphs record the tragic ends of Norfolk’s early inhabitants.
If you’d like to plan a self guided itinerary, visit the Kingston website to get started. Using their visitor information guide and map as your reference, their self-guided itineraries provide great options for exploring different areas of Kingston, depending on your interests and the time you have to experience the site.
