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Podcast: The Thinking Traveller
Episode: Norfolk Island - Colonial History in the Pacific
Description: A tiny speck in the Pacific, Norfolk Island has a fascinating past and occupies a unique position in the history of European settlement in Australia.It is home to a turbulent and varied history, with new archaeological findings about the Island's first inhabitants through to the infamous Bounty mutineers and the relocated Pitcairners, the harsh penal settlement, the Island's Melanesian missionary society and also the vital role it played in the liberation of the Pacific in WWII.In this episode we are joined by colonial and military historian Brad Manera. Taking us across to this...