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Brief History
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Lord Howe was first spotted by HMS Supply as she sailed between Sydney and Norfolk Island. She set some people ashore on the return voyage, claimed it for Britain and named it after the First Lord of the Admiralty. Over time, the island would become something of a staging point between Sydney, Norfolk Island and New Zealand. It was also a convenient island for whalers to resupply on their long voyages. There were plenty of tame seabirds who could be caught with ease. There was also plenty of fresh water.
With the decline in Whaling, the settlers shifted their primary industry to the growing of palm seeds. The island officially joined New South Wales in 1855, but its remoteness meant that it's local government would long have freedom to do pretty much what it wanted.
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