The first European known to have sighted Norfolk Island was Captain James Cook, in 1774 on his second voyage to the South Pacific in HMS Resolution.
A large number of Norfolk Island Pines (Araucaria heterophylla), a conifer that is not native to the area, have been planted on the Main Beach foreshore.
Araucaria | Araucaria araucana | Tsuga heterophylla | Araucaria angustifolia | Araucaria bidwillii | Norfolk Island Pines ''(Araucaria heterophylla)'' | Euphorbia heterophylla | Araucaria heterophylla | ''Araucaria angustifolia'' in Campos do Jordão | araucaria |