Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, 1,412 kilometres (877 mi) directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 kilometres (560 mi) from Lord Howe Island. Together with the neighbouring Phillip Island and Nepean Island, the three islands collectively form the Territory of Norfolk Island. At the 2021 census, it had 2188 inhabitants living on a total area of about 35 km2 (14 sq mi). Its capital is Kingston.
Politics of Norfolk Island takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic entity. Norfolk Island is the only non-mainland Australian territory to have achieved self-governance. The Norfolk Island Act 1979, passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1979, is the Act under which the island is governed.
Norfolk Island National Park is a protected area of 6.50 km2 (2.51 sq mi) located at 29°2′0″S167°56′59″E in the South Pacific Ocean, about 1,471 kilometres off the East coast of Australia. The park’s area includes the Mount Pitt section on the namesake Norfolk Island with an area of 4.60 km2 (1.78 sq mi) / 460 ha, as well as the neighboring Phillip Island encompassing 1.90 km2 (0.73 sq mi) / 190 ha, and the much smaller Nepean Island. The Norfolk Island group is a Commonwealth of Australia external territory, and is the only place in the world where the Norfolk Island parakeet and the white-chested white-eye occur.
Norfolk Island has competed in eight of the eighteen Commonwealth Games, from 1986 onwards.
The Norfolk robin, also known as the Norfolk Island scarlet robin or Norfolk Island robin, is a small bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand.
Norfolk Island competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.
The Athletics Norfolk Island (ANI), also known as Norfolk Island Athletics Association, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Norfolk Island. Current president is former hammer thrower Brentt Jones.
David Bishop is a New Zealand gymnast. He competed in the Men's floor event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the bronze medal.
Cormocephalus coynei is a species of centipede found on the uninhabited Phillip and Nepean islands to the south of Norfolk Island. It is also known as the Phillip Island centipede. The species was observed on Phillip Island in 1792, but was not formally described until 1984. It can grow up to 23.5 cm, and is reddish brown and orange in colour. The Phillip Island centipede is known for its habit of preying on vertebrates including geckos, skinks, black-winged petrel nestlings and fish, as well as other small arthropods.
Graham Cock is an Australian dual international for Norfolk Island. He has represented his adopted country in Shooting at the Commonwealth Games and also cricket.
Norfolk Islanders also referred to as just Islanders are the inhabitants or citizens of Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia. The Islanders have their own unique identity and are predominantly people of Pitcairn and English descent and to a lesser extent of Scottish and Irish.
Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 13.
Norfolk Island competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.
Hadyn Paul "Teddy" Evans is a Norfolk Island businessman, actor and local government politician. He is also an international lawn bowler.
Ryan Dixon is a Norfolk Island international lawn bowler.
Norfolk Island competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 20 July 2019. The country participated in six sports at the 2019 games.
Christine Jones is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls international.
Kathleen Margret Bailey is a former Norfolk Islands international lawn bowler.
Deborah Ann Wilford is a New Zealand born, Norfolk Islands international lawn bowler.
Shae Wilson is an Australian born, Norfolk Islands international lawn bowler. She has represented the Norfolk Islands at two Commonwealth Games.
