Bayanin Romantic na kyakkyawa, yanayi mai laushi, da ƙasa mai ni'ima na tsibirin Norfolk a Kudancin Pacific ya sa gwamnatin Burtaniya ta kafa wani yanki na New South Wales a can a cikin 1788. An yi fatan cewa manyan itatuwan pine na Norfolk Island da tsire-tsire masu tsire-tsire masu tsire-tsire a tsibirin na iya samar da tushe ga masana'antar gida wanda, musamman ma a cikin layin flax, zai samar da madadin tushen samarwa ga Rasha don wani abu wanda yake da mahimmanci don yin igiya da kuma jiragen ruwa don jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya. Duk da haka, tsibirin ba shi da tashar jiragen ruwa mai aminci, wanda ya sa aka watsar da mulkin mallaka kuma mazauna suka koma Tasmania a 1807. Daga bisani an sake mayar da tsibirin a matsayin mazaunin azabtarwa a 1824. Tambaya: A wace shekara aka sanya tsibirin Norfolk a matsayin mazaunin azabtarwa?
Shekaru 1824