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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Lord Howe Island Group' has mentioned 'Norfolk Island' in the following places:
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Lord Howe Island (/haxcax8a/; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, 600xc2xa0km (320xc2xa0nmi) directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, 780xc2xa0km (420xc2xa0nmi) northeast of Sydney, and about 900xc2xa0km (490xc2xa0nmi) southwest of Norfolk Island. | WIKI |
The first reported sighting of Lord Howe Island took place on 17 February 1788, when Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, commander of the Armed Tender HMS Supply, was en route from Botany Bay to found a penal settlement on Norfolk Island. | WIKI |
[24] The first reported European sighting of Lord Howe Island was on 17 February 1788 by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, commander of the Armed Tender HMSxc2xa0Supply (the oldest and smallest of the First Fleet ships), which was on its way from Botany Bay with a cargo of nine male and six female convicts to found a penal settlement on Norfolk Island. | WIKI |
Smyth was in Sydney when the Supply returned from the first voyage to Norfolk Island. | WIKI |
The island was subsequently visited by many government and whaling ships sailing between New South Wales and Norfolk Island and across the Pacific, including many from the American whaling fleet, so its reputation as a provisioning port preceded settlement,[10] with some ships leaving goats and pigs on the island as food for future visitors. | WIKI |
Lying in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, the island is 600xc2xa0km (370xc2xa0mi) east of mainland Port Macquarie, 702xc2xa0km (436xc2xa0mi) northeast of Sydney, and about 772xc2xa0km (480xc2xa0mi) from Norfolk Island to its northeast. | WIKI |
[121] Island plants are similar to those of Norfolk Island, the two islands sharing some endemic species, for example, the critically endangered species of creeping vine Calystegia affinis. | WIKI |
The island was its only breeding location for many years after the breeding colony on Norfolk Island was exterminated in the late 19th century,[137] though a small population persists on the adjacent Phillip Island. | WIKI |
[170] Black rats were released from provisioning whaling ships in the 1840s and mice from Norfolk Island in 1860. | WIKI |