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Ethnic group Descendants of the Bounty mutineers Descendants of the mutineers John Adams and Matthew Quintal on Norfolk Island, 1862 Total population ~1,000 worldwide Regions with significant populations Pitcairn Islands ~45 (2021) Norfolk Island ~450 (2016) Australia ~250 (2016) New Zealand ~45 (2018) [6] Languages English Pitkern Religion Seventh-day Adventist Church Related ethnic groups ...
The Pitcairn Islands (/ ... Kingdom interviewed every woman who had lived on Pitcairn in the past 20 years, as well as all of the accused men. These interviews ...
Warren-Peu was born on Pitcairn to Carol and Jay Warren, [1] and is an eighth-generation descendant of the Bounty mutineers that originally settled Pitcairn. [2] Her mother was jointly one of the first women to sit on the Island Council, while her father was Magistrate of Pitcairn in 1991 and mayor from 2005 to 2007.
In 1790, nine of the mutineers from the Bounty, along with the native Tahitian men and women who were with them (six men, eleven women and a baby girl), settled on Pitcairn Islands and set fire to the Bounty. The nine were Fletcher Christian, John Mills, William Brown, Isaac Martin, John Williams, John Adams, William McCoy, Matthew Quintal, and ...
In 1938, the three islands, along with Pitcairn, were incorporated into a single administrative unit called the Pitcairn Group of Islands. By the 1930s and 1940s, diminished shipping and tourism to the island resulted in the residents selling many of the pre-European cultural items and Bounty -related paraphernalia to private individuals for ...
Brenda Vera Amelia Lupton-Christian (born 25 February 1953) is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands.When her brother Steve Christian was removed from the office of mayor following the 2004 Pitcairn child sexual abuse trial, she served as interim mayor of the islands.
Rhiannon Adam (born 1985) is an Irish photographic artist and writer, living in London. [1] Her books include Dreamlands, Wastelands (2014) and Big Fence / Pitcairn Island (2022). [2]
The island is of volcanic origin, with a rugged cliff coastline. Unlike many other South Pacific islands, it is not surrounded by coral reefs that protect the coast. The only access to the island is via a small pier on Bounty Bay. Adamstown is the sole settlement. Pawala Valley Ridge is the island's highest point at 346 m above sea level.