Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area

Kingston and Arthurs Vale
Historic Area

Military Barracks and Officer Quarters (1829-34), Quality Row Military Precinct, within Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area.
Type Historic Area
Location Quality Row, Kingston, southern side of Norfolk Island
Coordinates [1]
Area 255 hectares[1]
Status Australian National Heritage List
World Heritage list
Website http://www.kavha.gov.nf/#

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[2] and UNESCO's World Heritage list[3] 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."[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b Chapter 1 of Australian Government's "Australian Convict Sites" World Heritage nomination Accessed 5 August 2010
  2. ^ Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts "National Heritage: Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area (KAVHA), Norfolk Island" webpage Accessed 4 August 2010
  3. ^ Australia's Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts "World Heritage: Australian Convict Sites" webpage Accessed 2 August 2010
  4. ^ UNESCO's World Heritage "Australian Convict Sites" webpages Accessed 2 August 2010