Public intellectual Dr Chris Nobbs, a direct descendant of Rev George Hunn Nobbs – who joined the Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island before they decamped to Norfolk Island in 1856 – has written several books and numerous newspaper columns on the remarkable story of this rocky outpost in the south-western Pacific Ocean.
Dr Nobbs is a graduate of the universities of Auckland, London and Cambridge, in natural science, economics and economic development respectively. He has had a career in both the private sector as a consultant, and as a public servant at local, state, national and international levels. He now lives on Norfolk Island, where he was born.
Submissions to authorities
Revenue sources and economic viability of the Norfolk Island Regional Council and the operation of local government. A submission to the 2023 Joint Standing Committee on National Capital and External Territories Inquiry. 24 March 2023.