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Date

Mar 06 2025

Time

All Day

Foundation Day (Norfolk Island, Australia)

Foundation Day  is an annual public holiday in Norfolk Island commemorating the arrival of the original British settlers on 6 March 1788. After the landing of the First Fleet at Warrane (Sydney Cove) marking the start of British invasion, Governor Arthur Phillip instructed Lieutenant Philip Gidley King to take a small team of convicts and free men to settle Norfolk Island. They reached the uninhabited island on 6 March 1788. Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia.