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boat shed (1841); the Police
Office, now boatshed (1828-29); the flaghouse (1840s); Constable's Quarters, partly standing (1850-53); and the
cemetery which has an outstanding collection of headstones and other remains dating from the earliest period of
European settlement, including the first and second penal settlement periods and the Pitcairn period with
associations with the Bounty, set in an evocative and picturesque historical landscape. Many stone walls, wells,
drains, building platforms, bridges including Bloody Bridge, culverts, roads, quarry sites, privies and archaeological
sites of former buildings remain which are important in demonstrating the rich patterns of KAVHA's settlement
history. The remnant serpentine landscape is an outstanding example of colonial period (pre-1850) attitudes to
landscape design in Australia.

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area—Heritage Management Plan, April 2016

Authorised Version F2016L01891 registered 09/12/2016

Jean Rice Architect | CONTEXT | GML Heritage

4.3.5 Criterion E—Aesthetic Characteristics

KAVHA is outstanding for its picturesque setting, historic associations, part ruinous configuration and subsequent
lack of development. The aesthetic qualities of the landscape have been acknowledged since the First Settlement,
forming the subject matter of an artistic record that has continued to the present.

Elements that contribute to the aesthetic qualities of the place include the sea, reef and islands, historic graves,
Quality Row buildings, the New Gaol and prisoner's barracks in a ruinous state, and the extent of the nineteenth
century buildings. The picturesque landscape setting, with its domestic scale and agricultural character, is valued for
the contrast it represents between the horror of the past and the charm of the present.

KAVHA is outstanding for its views across the site, within the site, from the site to the seascape, and views of the
Site in its landscape setting

4.3.6 Criterion G—Social Value

KAVHA was the landing place of the Pitcairn Islanders in 1856. Their descendants today comprise nearly a third of
Norfolk Island's population. They value KAVHA as a place of special significance because it has been continually
and actively used as a place of residence, work, worship and recreation.

KAVHA is valued by the Norfolk Island residents for being a place of traditional and ongoing uses, including the
continuity of a working waterfront at the Landing Pier; the centre of Norfolk Island administration; continuing religious
worship at All Saints Church and the community's burial place at the cemetery; areas for recreation and sports; and
as the cultural centre with cultural and social events, museums and archaeological sites.

4.3.7 Criterion H—Significant People

KAVHA is significant for its association with Lt Philip Gidley King RN in successfully establishing the First Settlement
on Norfolk Island at the KAVHA site which contributed to the survival of the infant colony of New South Wales.

KAVHA is significant for its