Edwin Nobbs & Fisher YoungPrint Page 
The two inner stained glass windows of the East Window of the church commemorate Edwin Nobbs and Fisher Young who were killed at Santa Cruz in August 1864. The windows were unveiled at the consecration of St Barnabas Chapel.
The first Anglican martyrs in Melanesia were Frederick Lorenzo Fisher Young (usually known as Fisher Young) and Edwin Nobbs, who died in 1864. Young and Nobbs were descendants of H.M.S. Bounty mutineers; Young was a great-great-grandson of Fletcher Christian (1792-1842). Young, born on January 27, 1846, was a native of Pitcairn Island. Nobbs was a son of an Anglican priest stationed on Norfolk Island, the headquarters of the Melanesian Mission. In 1864 Young, Nobbs, and Bishop John Coleridge Patteson were on Santa Cruz Island when natives shot them with arrows. Young and Nobbs contracted tetanus and lockjaw. Young died on August 24, after having forgiven his assailants.
Chapel Consecration 1880Location
| Address: | Douglas Drive, St Barnabas Chapel, Norfolk Island, 2899 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -29.033808 Long: 167.928279 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Window |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 16-August-1864 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 16-August-1864 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Tuesday 7th December, 1880 |
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Erected In Memory Of Edwin Nobbs And Fisher
Young. Killed At Santa Cruz August 16th 1864.
