An uneasy relationship : Norfolk Island and the commonwealth of Australia / / Maeve O'Collins.

• Author: O'Collins, Maev.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book covers the history of europeans on Norfolk Island, with particular emphasis on the complex story of how the island became a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1914.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; British Experiments on Norfolk Island 1788-1897; The New South Wales Interregnum 1897-1914; Profiles of the Four Main Actors; The Commonwealth takes Control; Murphy s term as Commonwealth Administrator 1914-1920; Murphy and Nobbs: Their Last Hurrahs; Imperial, Commonwealth and State Relations; Conclusion: Reluctant Governance in a Changing World; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; References; Index; A Short Biography;