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Thuresday [THURSDAY] 20th March 1851
Fore part light ares [AIRS] and fine weather from W.
Middle and latter brisk from WNW.
Latt [LATITUDE] 33.32 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 176.29 E

Friday 21st
Fore part brisk winds from SW to WNW.
Middle and latter light winds from WNW.
Latt [LATITUDE] 32.27 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 176.23 E

Saturday 22d
Fore part light winds from W. Middle and latter from S.
Latt [LATITUDE] 31.49 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 175.15 E

Sunday 23d
Fore part light winds from SSE. Stearing [STEERING] W.
Middle and latter the same.
Latt [LATITUDE] 31.32 S. Long [LONGITUDE] Lunar 173.38 sun East. 173.28 Chro [CHRONOMETER]

Monday 24th
Fore part light winds from SE. Stearing [STEERING]
NW by W½N. Middle and latter the same.
Latt [LATITUDE] 31.13 S. Long [LONGITUDE] Lunar 172.06 171.44 Chr [CHRONOMETER]

Tuesday 25th
Fore part light winds from ESE. Course
NW by W. Middle and latter the same.
Latt [LATITUDE] 29.56 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 169.26

Wednesday 26th
Fore part strong winds from East. Course
NW by W. At 6 PM shortened sail. At came to heading NNE.
Middle and latter brisk gale. At 7.31 PM saw the land
Norfolk Isleand [NORFOLK ISLAND, AUSTRALIAN EXTERNAL TERRITORY] NW by W∙∕∙W 8 leagues. At Meridian [NOON]
NE 1 leaguge [LEAGUE].
Latt [LATITUDE] 29.06 S. Long [LONGITUDE] 168.10 E
Chronometer about 8 miles West of ship.

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Norfolk Island Was Once a Notorious Penal Colony

More than 166,000 British citizens were condemned to convict colonies in Australia between 1787 and 1868, and of the country's thousands of penal colonies, none was as notorious as Norfolk's.