Type Historic Area Criteria iv, vi | Type Cultural Area 255 ha | |
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Location Quality Row, Kingston, southern side of Norfolk Island Status Australian National Heritage List
World Heritage list Website |
Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area is an old settlement on the Kingston coastal plains (bounded by hills), southern side of Norfolk Island, consisting of a large group of buildings from the British Empire's convict era (1788–1855), now considered to be of such cultural significance to Australia and to the World that the area has been formally inscribed onto both the Australian National Heritage List and UNESCO's World Heritage list as amongst:
" .. the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."
References
Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA