Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island
Geography
Location	Lord Howe Island Group
Coordinates	31°33′S 159°05′E / 31.550°S 159.083°E
Area	14.55 km2 (5.62 sq mi)
Elevation	875 m (2,871 ft)
Country
	Australia
Demographics
Population	347 permanent residents. Tourists are restricted to 400 at any one time.
Density	23.97/km2 (62.1/sq mi)

Lord Howe Island is a small island about 700 km (435 mi) north east of Sydney. It is governed by New South Wales. About 70% of the island is part of the Lord Howe Island Group which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.^[3] The island was first discovered in 1788 by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, who was captain of the HMS Supply. He was taking convicts from Sydney to start a new prison colony on Norfolk Island.

Lord Howe Island Media

A silhouette of Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, the commander of HMS Supply
The extinct white gallinule (Porphyrio albus). A drawing made in May 1788 by Arthur Bowes Smyth who was the surgeon aboard Lady Penrhyn, a ship of the First Fleet heading for China on its return trip to England
Lord Howe Island Maritime Museum and Information Centre
"Expedition to the South Seas: HMS Herald and steamship tender Torch" The Illustrated London News, 15 May 1852
The 1965 wreck of The Favourite in North Bay is a popular site
Shopping centre on Ned's Beach Road
Island Trader on a fortnightly delivery from Port Macquarie
Lord Howe Golf Course There's a nine-hole golf course south of the airport on Lord Howe Island, NSW, Australia.
Bushwalking to Little Island (bottom right) – Mount Lidgbird track