Norfolk Island Definition

Norfolk Island Sentence Examples

• Araucaria excelsa, the Norfolk Island pine, a native of Norfolk Island and New Caledonia, was discovered during Captain Cook's second voyage, and introduced into Britain by Sir Joseph Banks in 1793.

• The Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria excelsa) is a magnificent tree, with a height sometimes exceeding 200 ft.

• A small species of palm is known as the Norfolk Island cabbage.

• In 1861 Patteson was consecrated bishop of Melanesia, and the Auckland training school was removed to Norfolk Island.

• Some persons who had settled at Norfolk Island when that island became a penal depot were transferred to Van Diemen's Land in 1805.