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The Lord Howe Island Signal

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Museum cultural project – A place names map

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
History & heritage
Ian Hutton. Throughout 2025, the Lord Howe Historical Society has been working on a project to enhance the Island cultural history – a Place Names Map. Since the Island's discovery in 1788, a few place names have remained constant whilst others have changed depending on the era.

HMAS Canberra visit Lord Howe Island

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
Community
HMAS Canberra visited Lord Howe Island on the 18th and 19th of November. The sailors came ashore in shifts to enjoy the Island, and our school children went aboard the ship to take a glimpse at shipboard life ... Throughout the two-day visit, Navy personnel spent time on the Island and were warmly received by the community.

Alan McCulloch

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
Community
Brendan Atkins. "On a knoll commanding a wide view of peaceful mountain, reef and sea, there stands a monolith, erected to the memory of Allan McCulloch, naturalist, an outstanding figure in the history of the island", says cinematographer Frank Hurley in Jewel of the Pacific, his 1932 travelogue about Lord Howe Island.
Alan McCulloch

Hon Tanya Plibersek visit to the island

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
Community
"Thank you for making my recent visit to your very special island such a pleasurable and memorable experience. Beginning with Rachael who greeted us on the tarmac to take us to our accommodation, it was like returning to see old friends, catching up on Island life in the three years since I last visited. After dropping off our luggage, we walked down to Campbell’s bike hire then cycled on to the school ..."

Rewilding Lord Howe Island

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
Arts
Joanne Heathcote. An artist’s vision for the birds we’ve lost and might yet see again. Fiona Lumsden is a wildlife artist based in Katoomba. She is passionate about birds, habitats, and the stories that link species and landscapes. Her work aims to foster a sense of belonging and a connection to nature.

Friends of Lord Howe Island May 2025 weeding ecotour

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
Land & environment
Ian Hutton. From May 25th to June 1st the Friends of Lord Howe Island ran another successful weeding ecotour to assist the LHI Board with the Island weed eradication program. Eighteen people came along and enjoyed a week contributing to conservation, whilst enjoying the exploration of the Island.

World Oceans Day 2025

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
Education & training
NSW DPI. United Nations World Oceans Day is celebrated globally on 8 June each year to honour the ocean and how it supports us ... To celebrate, students from Lord Howe Island Central School (LHICS) took part in hands-on activities that encouraged them to get curious about the wonders of the LHIMP.
LHI students

Understanding long-term reef health

Stephen Sia, The Lord Howe Island Signal
Land & environment
Reef Life Survey (RLS) have released a new report outlining results from long-term monitoring of shallow reefs in the Lord Howe Island Park (LHIMP). RLS is a volunteer-based citizen science program which has been surveying reefs to 30m depth in the LHIMP for nearly two decades.

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About The Lord Howe Island Signal

The Signal is proudly published 12 per year by The Signal Pty Ltd.  

The Signal is designed, printed and distributed from Lord Howe Island. The Signal is a community newspaper and happily accepts all offers of stories, photos and art.   However, we cannot guarantee in which issue the submission will appear and we won’t publish content that is offensive. The views expressed by individual contributors are not necessarily those of other contributors, the editors or publishers.

Enquiries and submissions thesignal2898@gmail.com c/ Post Office Island NSW 2989

The Lord Howe Island Signal website

On 4 June 2024, The Lord Howe Island Signal website launched. The Lord Howe Island Signal receiving funding support from NSW Government’s Regional Media Fund in order to build the website.

The participants in the project to build the site:  

  • LHI Management Services – owner and publisher of The Lord Howe Island Signal, represented by Stephen Sia.
  • Australian Rural & Regional News – the first and only platform featuring independent news from across all of rural and regional Australia, represented by the  ARR.News editor, Fiona Fox. Australian Rural & Regional News  showcases stories from a growing number of local and independent news publishers, from established mastheads to modern digital publications, broadening their reach. It is proud to have  The Lord Howe Island Signal as a founding contributor.
    The Lord Howe Island Signal website was developed by Bridget Knox from CodeLab.
  • Ben Hawke, veteran television journalist and producer, long time visitor to Lord Howe Island.

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