THE R.E.O.

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In the former Royal Engineers Office beside the Kingston Pier.

The Royal Engineers Office (R.E.O.), built during the Second Settlement, is the Museum book, souvenir and refreshment shop. It is also the venue for our changing short term displays. Browse through our comprehensive and exclusive range of books on Norfolk Island’s history, or pick up that special and unique souvenir to take home. The R.E.O. is where you meet to join in the Tag-A-Long tours from Monday to Saturday. Museum and Cemetery Tour tickets can all be purchased here.

The R.E.O. is generally the starting point in Kingston.

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Speak Norfolk Today – Book - $21.00

ALICE INEZ BUFFETT

Local Norfolk Islander Alice Buffett has provided the reader with an accurate way of writing the Norfolk language as it is spoken, a description of the basic grammatical structures and common phrases as well as an extensive dictionary of Norfolk to English.

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Ghosts - $19.00

G. & M. HITCH

Spirits abound in islands and Norfolk is no exception. With its stained convict heritage there are many souls who show themselves amongst the ruins. Complete with illustrations, maps and diagrams.

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Norfolk Island's Fascinating Flora - $30.00

PETER COYNE

This book, written by Coyne, who established the National Parks Office on Norfolk, enables the reader to enjoy an armchair view of the island's fascinating flora and help them identify plants in the wild. There is discussion and illustrations for more than 200 species, and the book includes an intriguing insight into the cultural use of the plants by the Pitcairn Islanders who arrived on Norfolk in 1856.

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Incredible! Phillip Island, South Pacific - $23.50

PETER COYNE

This is the story of Phillip Island and the wonderful improvement in its condition during the last thirty-plus years. It talks about the island in a geographical, historical and conservational perspective. A unique book and a very interesting read!

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Norfolk Island (photography book) - $59.00

IAN ROLFE

This book is Ian Rolfe's latest publication. It's a celebration of Norfolk Island - a landscape photographers dream - and includes a comprehensive description of the Islands history and Ian's favourite locations. With a total of 140 photographs spread over 168 pages, this makes for a wonderful piece of Norfolk memorabilia.

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Over the Horizon - $5.00

HELEN SAMPSON

The only guide that covers the pre- European Polynesian settlement of Norfolk Island. Also included are Polynesian voyaging in the Pacific and evidence of settlement through archaeology.

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Pitcairn Tapa - $26.00

PAULINE REYNOLDS

There is an untold chapter to the Bounty story – it begins here. The tapa cloth of Pitcairn Island illuminates the forgotten story of the Polynesian women of HMAV Bounty. In French and English.

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Norfolk Island Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area – Our Heritage A Documentary, DVD - $30.00

LOOK PRODUCTIONS

This authoritative 78 minute documentary chronicles the legacy of settlements in Kingston and should be viewed by anyone who desires a greater understanding of Norfolk Island and it’s settlements. Made for the Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area.

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Freemen and Convicts: A Collection of Signes in the Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area - $25.00

The KAVHA Board has undertaken a program to install interpretive signage throughout the historical area. This book therefore incorporates the information in the signs as well as material gathered as part of the overall research process.

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Kingston Ceramics - A Dictionary of Ceramic Wares in the Norfolk Island Museum - $5.00

NIGEL ERSKINE

Kingston Ceramics is an easy to read reference of ceramics used at Kingston and will be of interest to anyone wishing to identify nineteenth century ceramics. The guide also provides a short history of settlement at Norfolk Island.

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