Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area

Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area
Military Barracks and Officer Quarters (1829-34), Quality Row Military Precinct, within Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area.
Type	Historic Area
Location	Quality Row, Kingston, southern side of Norfolk Island
Coordinates	29°03′12″S 167°57′31″E / 29.05333°S 167.95861°E / -29.05333; 167.95861Coordinates: 29°03′12″S 167°57′31″E / 29.05333°S 167.95861°E / -29.05333; 167.95861
Area	255 hectares
Status	Australian National Heritage List World Heritage list
Website	http://www.kavha.gov.nf/#
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv, vi
Designated	2010 (34th session)
Part of	Australian Convict Sites
Reference no.	1306
State Party	Australia
Region	Asia-Pacific

Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area is an old settlement on the Kingston coastal plains (bounded by hills), southern side of Norfolk Island, consisting of a large group of buildings from the British Empire's convict era (1788–1855), now considered to be of such cultural significance to Australia and to the World that the area has been formally inscribed onto both the Australian National Heritage List and UNESCO's World Heritage list as amongst:

" .. the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."