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In 1856, after many community deliberations and conferences with British authorities, the Pitcairn people embarked on the Morayshire and sailed to their new home… Norfolk Island.
On 8 June, the whole community: 40 men, 47 women, 53 girls and 54 boys (including a baby born on the voyage) – with family names; Adams, Buffett, Christian, Evans, McCoy, Nobbs, Quintal and Young – arrived.
Today, we commemorate this day every year as Anniversary (Bounty) Day.
Within 18 months, 17 members of the Young family sailed back to Pitcairn, to be joined five years later by a further 27 islanders.
Those who remained on Norfolk adapted to the new conditions.
Each family had been granted 50 acres of land and, in common, 1,300 sheep, 430 cattle, 22 horses, 10 pigs in pens, 16 fowls
Credit : Bounty Museum
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