Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Lord Howe Island Group' has mentioned 'Pacific' in the following places:
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Lord Howe Island is part of the IBRA region Pacific Subtropical Islands (code PSI) and is subregion PSI01 with an area of 1,909xc2xa0ha (4,720 acres). | WIKI |
Prior to European discovery and settlement, Lord Howe Island apparently was uninhabited, and unknown to Polynesian peoples of the South Pacific. | WIKI |
[29] Between 1789 and 1791, the Pacific whale industry was born with British and American whaling ships chasing sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) along the equator to the Gilbert and Ellice archipelago, then south into Australian and New Zealand waters. | WIKI |
The island was subsequently visited by many government and whaling ships sailing between New South Wales and Norfolk Island and across the Pacific, including many from the American whaling fleet, so its reputation as a provisioning port preceded settlement,[10] with some ships leaving goats and pigs on the island as food for future visitors. | WIKI |
From 1851 to 1854, Henry Denham captain of HMS Herald, which was on a scientific expedition to the southwest Pacific (1852xe2x80x931856), completed the island's first hydrographic survey. | WIKI |
Box-shaped fruit of Barringtonia asiatica, SW Pacific washed up on Blinky Beach | WIKI |