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Norfolk Island
| Location |
S Pacific Ocean, NNW of New Zealand |
| Latitude and longitude |
29 02 S, 167 57 E |
| Sovereignty |
Australia |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Territory of Norfolk Island"; an
External Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| Population |
1,892 |
| Census notes |
est. July 2000 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
35 |
| Capital |
Kingston |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Norfolk
Island Act 1979, as amended (Australia), from the Government
of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| Norfolk
Island Act 1979, as amended (Australia), from the Joint
Committee on National Capital and External Territories of the Australian
Parliament (PDF) |
Other legal documents online
|
|
Supreme Court of Norfolk Island Decisions, from the Australian Legal Information Institute;
decisions from 1996; searchable |
| Legislation,
from the Norfolk Island Government |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Australian Law Reform Commission, External
Territories |
| Australian Parliament, Joint Committee on National
Capital and External Territories, Background
Information for Inquiry into Norfolk Island Governance |
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Norfolk Island |
| Norfolk Island,
from the Norfolk Island Government |
| Norfolk
Island, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| Norfolk
Island, from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden,
from the Australian Government's Environment Australia pages |
| Territories
of Australia: Norfolk Island, from the Australian Government's
Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
| The
World of Norfolk Island |
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