Sabotage suspected as fuel spill pollutes New Zealand fjord Nov 1, 2008
Victims of child sex abuse on Pitcairn Island will be able to apply for compensation, the Foreign Office said today. Tuesday, 7 October 2008. (Yahoo News -- Oil Spills)
Colony abuse victims cash ruling Oct 10, 2008
Victims of child sex abuse on Pitcairn Island will be able to apply for compensation, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. Eight men were convicted of a string of sex attacks after the abuse on the Pacific island was revealed in 1999. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Island of shame Sep 10, 2008
It is Friday night at Big Fence, home of the former Pitcairn Island mayor, Steve Christian, and several dozen people are tucking into hamburgers and fish and chips. The laughter and banter convey an impression of neighbourly harmony - unexpected in a community that only a few years ago was torn apart by widespread allegations of child abuse. (BBC News -- UK)
Whats wrong with contemporary Christian music? Sep 4, 2008
wow wrote on Sep 3, 2008 11:54 AM:" Mr. Hamman you are a card! Ever thought of moving your congregation to Pitcairn Island and encouraging them to drink the grape Kool-aid? ". Just Silly. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
New space station crew rockets into space Apr 8, 2008
The current space station crew watched the launch on video from space, where their orbital lab was over the Pacific Ocean, just west of Pitcairn Island. Volkov, son of famed Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov, became the first second-generation spaceflyer to reach space with the successful launch. (USA Today -- Tech)
It all adze up: Stone tool traveled the Pacific Oct 3, 2007
Two other adzes were traced to their origins, one to Pitcairn Island, made famous by mutineers of the HMS Bounty, and the other to Rurutu in the Austral Islands. Their analysis looked at lead and other trace elements and isotopes -- cousins in the same elemental family that differ in atomic weight due to natural radioactive decay. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Italy and France are nothing like the teams they were at the World Cup. Sep 14, 2007
Pippo Inzaghi was so isolated he might as well have been on Pitcairn Island hanging out with Fletcher Christian. Vincenzo Iaquinta was second to every ball. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
My brother speaks Norfuk, but his cow just moos Aug 24, 2007
After rebelling against Captain William Bligh, the mutineers settled in 1790 on Pitcairn Island. But by 1856 the island was overcrowded and the population was relocated to Norfolk. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
* New Zealand man sentenced for Norfolk murder Jul 26, 2007
Norfolk Island was settled in 1856 by 194 descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers after Pitcairn Island, their first sanctuary, grew too crowded. This story has been viewed 144 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Live Earth Breaks World-Wide Audience Records Jul 24, 2007
For instance, Live Earth's extensive global reach drove people in places as far-flung as Pitcairn Island, Kyrgyzstan and Rwanda to make personal commitments via LiveEarth ... With a population of 45, the Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory, is the least populated jurisdiction in the world. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Will the Live Earth concerts make an impact? Jul 13, 2007
Robb said that the day after the concerts he received an e-mail from a man in Pitcairn Island, a South Pacific island with a population of around 50 -- accepting the seven-point challenge to improve the environment. The seven-point pledge included a promise to take personal action to help solve the climate crises by reducing carbon-dioxide pollution. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
PETER SCHRAG: Turn state prison mess over to Mugabe May 10, 2007
So does inbred Pitcairn Island, first settled by the Bounty mutineers in 1790 and now down to 50 people. The possibilities are almost limitless. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Diamond warns of societal 'Collapse' May 3, 2007
Pitcairn Island, Easter Island, the Maya and the Anasazi were four examples of complex, well-developed civilizations that fell into ruin. For the Maya, it was deforestation and the ruling elites disregard of emerging problems that led to the collapse. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
SENIORS’ MAILBAG: Globetrotting grandma sails Pacific to fulfill dream Apr 16, 2007
In her 24-foot sloop, the Pacific Seacraft Dana, it was 1987 when Mary set sail north from Seattle to the mouth of Alaska, journeyed down to California and continued on to port of calls that would include Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Pitcairn Island, French Polynesia, New Zealand and the Fiji Islands. I ve been to Australia, South Africa, Africa and have circumnavigated New Zealand. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Norfolk's vote of confidence Mar 21, 2007
With a permanent population of about 1600 - half descended from eight families that arrived from Pitcairn Island in 1856 - Norfolk is a close-knit community where politics is about personalities. There are no political parties and one of the 17 candidates has declared he does not want to be elected because "the election remains an individual popularity contest so I regard my presence [as] superfluous". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Body found in bog sparks Mar 18, 2007
Could it be the body of Fletcher Christian, instigator at the heart of the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty and thought to have perished on Pitcairn Island. The rumor throughout the Lake District is that Christian made his way home, where he resumed his friendship with the district's other celebrated son, poet William Wordsworth, who wrote a poem about Christian's experience but could never publish it for fear of being charged with harboring a criminal. (Herald-Tribune)
Man guilty of Norfolk Island murder Mar 9, 2007
Patton, from Sydney, who was living and working on Norfolk Island, was the first person to be killed on the island since it was settled in 1856 by 194 descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers after Pitcairn Island, their first sanctuary, grew too crowded. The first European to discover the island was the British explorer Captain James Cook in 1774, and the British established a penal colony there in 1788, but authorities eventually stopped using the island prison. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Jury finds man guilty of first murder in 151 years on Australia's Norfolk Island Mar 9, 2007
Britain's Queen Victoria granted them Norfolk Island after Pitcairn Island, their first sanctuary, grew overcrowded. Norfolk Island had previously been a notorious penal colony. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Pitcairn man gets six-and-a-half-years for rape Mar 5, 2007
A Pitcairn Islander has been sentenced to six-and-a-half-years jail for the rape and indecent assault of young girls on Britain's remote Pacific territory ... Young appeared today via video link from Pitcairn Island where he has been in custody since January. (ABC News Online, Australia -- World)
Two more Pitcairn sex offenders jailed Mar 5, 2007
Two more men were handed jail terms for rape and child sex abuse that went on for decades on remote Pitcairn Island, home to a handful of descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers. Brian Michael John Young, 53, was sentenced in the Pitcairn Supreme Court sitting in Auckland, New Zealand to six and a half years in prison after being convicted earlier on six counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Modern mutiny| Mar 4, 2007
Christian and eight other mutineers first made their home on Pitcairn Island with a group of Tahitian women, but their descendants moved nearly 6000km to Norfolk Island in 1856 when Pitcairn became too small for them. Queen Victoria had granted them the right to settle in the abandoned former penal colony, but from the early days there were disputes about the degree of independence the islanders were given. (iAfrica.com)
A man on a mission: Finding WWII remains Feb 11, 2007
Moon's novel life has led him to exotic locales, such as remote Pitcairn Island, where descendents of the 1789 mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty live today. The Southampton College of Art alumnus and member of both the British and American Societies of Aviation Artists has also lived in Africa to do research on "Born Free" conservationist author George Adamson. (Herald-Tribune)
Norfolk Island court begins first murder trial since 1800s Feb 6, 2007
Queen Victoria gave the island to the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty in 1856 after they outgrew Pitcairn Island. Previously Norfolk was used as a penal colony for convicts transported from Britain to Australia. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Norfolk Island murder trial struggles to select jury Feb 5, 2007
In l856 Queen Victoria gave the island to the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty, after they outgrew Pitcairn Island, where the mutineers had originally sought refuge. Previously Norfolk Island was used as a penal colony for convicts who were transported from Britain to Australia. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Australia Island Hosts Rare Murder Trial Feb 5, 2007
Queen Victoria granted them Norfolk Island after Pitcairn Island, their first sanctuary, grew overcrowded. The British explorer Captain James Cook discovered Norfolk Island in 1774. (The Ledger)
Two more guilty of child sex on Pitcairn Jan 9, 2007
Christian and Young will be returned on January 14 to Pitcairn Island, which lies about midway between New Zealand and Chile, where they will learn of their sentences next month. Until then they'll be remanded in custody at Mt Eden Prison. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
