Arthur’s Vale

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Arthur’s Vale Area, Kingston and Arthur’s Vale, Norfolk Island. When the first European settlers arrived on Norfolk Island, lands were immediately cleared to enable the establishment of the settlement and the feeding of its people. Fortunately, Norfolk’s fertile volcanic soils were ideal for farming and large “abundant” gardens were established at Arthur’s Vale which were pivotal in feeding the burgeoning settlement. Soon a diet of salted meat, rice and flour turned into one of fresh grown produce.
So successful was the introduction of agriculture to Norfolk Island and in Arthur’s Vale that in order to relieve pressure on the settlement at Port Jackson (Sydney), which was having great difficulty in feeding itself, the HMS Sirius and HMAT Supply ships had been transporting 275 people to Norfolk Island when the Sirius famously ran into Kingston reef in 1790.

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