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See also:NORFOLK See also:ISLAND , an island in the Pacific Ocean, about 800 m. E. of the nearest point of New See also:South See also:Wales, in 29° S., 167° 56' E. It stands on a submarine tableland extending about 18 m. to the N. and 25 M. to the S., and has itself an See also:area of 8528 acres or 13.3 sq. m. The islets of Nepean and See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:lie near it. Its high cliff-See also:bound See also:coast is difficult of See also:access. With a See also:general See also:elevation of 400 ft. above the See also:sea the island rises in the N.W. to 1050 ft. in the See also:double See also:summit of See also:Mount See also:Pitt. The See also:soil, of decomposed See also:basalt, is wonderfully fertile. The See also:rich undulating pasture-See also:land with clumps of trees and copses resembles a See also:park. Oranges, lemons, grapes, See also:passion See also:fruit, See also:figs, See also:pine-apples, guavas and other fruits grow abundantly; while potatoes, onions, See also:maize and See also:arrowroot can be cultivated. The Norfolk Island pine (See also:Araucaria excelsa) is a magnificent See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree, with a height sometimes exceeding 200 ft. and a girth of 30. A small See also:species of See also:palm is known as the Norfolk Island See also:cabbage. Tree-ferns are abundant. The See also:flora is most closely associated with that of New See also:Zealand, and the avifauna indicates the same connexion rather than one with See also:Australia, as those birds which belong to Australian genera are apparently immigrants, while those w;.ich occur on the island in See also:common with New Zealand would be incapable of such distant See also:migration. The See also:climate is healthy, the thermometer rarely sinking below 65° F. The island is a station of the See also:British Pacific See also:cable. It was discovered in 1774 by See also:Captain See also:Cook, and was taken by Philip See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King of the " See also:Stirling " and twenty-four convicts from New South Wales. This See also:settlement was abandoned in 18o5, but in 1826 the island was made a penal settlement from New South Wales. In 1856, 194 See also:Pitcairn islanders took the See also:place of the convicts. See also:Forty of them soon returned to Pitcairn Island, and the See also:remainder deteriorated owing to intermarriage. The See also:administration of See also:justice by an elected See also:magistrate was unsatisfactory. See also:Crime was rarely punished, and debts were not recoverable. A remedy was attempted in 1896 by an improvement in the See also:government. The island was brought under the immediate administration of New South Wales; a See also:chief magistrate, appointed by the See also:governor of New South Wales, took the place of the elected magistrate, and an elected See also:council of twelve elders superseded the general gathering of the adult See also:population. In 1867 a Melanesian See also:mission station was established at St See also:Barnabas, and in 1882 a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church was erected to the memory of See also:Bishop See also:Patteson, with windows designed by Burne-See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones and executed by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Morris.
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