Norfolk Island's heritage site of territory, national and world significance

Visitors since 16 November 2008

Polynesian seafarers from New Zealand; convict settlers from all across Great Britain and the Empire; recalcitrant second offender convicts from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land; the descendents of the Bounty mutineers from Pitcairn.

Kingston & Arthur's Vale Historic Area (KAVHA) has been home to many who have come across the seas: take a journey through our website, learn more about these sojourners and settlers and how we care for their legacies.

KAVHA was established to recognise and protect the significant cultural heritage of the site with current boundary determined in 1980. KAVHA is a diverse site that contains the seat of the Norfolk Island Government and administration, Commonwealth leaseholders and freehold landholders, essential services and community facilities and historic and commemorative sites making the site a living asset.