KINGSTON EVICTIONS

The following articles, from Sydney newspapers in 1908, tell of the infamous evictions of the Norfolk Islanders from their Kingston homes in 1908. Bernie's Mum, who was six at the time, remembered the event, and was there when Jemima Christian, daughter of George Hunn Nobbs, was evicted from her home at no.8. She said that the wife of the Administrator of the time brought a tray of morning tea, but Jemima said she could not face it. She moved upcountry to live with her son rather than sign away a home she knew belonged to her.

What these articles really reinforce ids the fact that the Norfolk people have been deceived to, bullied, and doublecrossed by colonial authorities right from 1856 - and it continues to this day!