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Title: The Mutineer. A Romance of Pitcairn Island Author: Becke, Louis (​) and Jeffery, Walter () * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook.
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Norfolk Island was well adapted to their use, provided as it was, with roads, houses and many of the external forms of civilized existence, which had been established there by the convicts. But this simple, half-breed people were as ignorant as their maternal ancestors, and the colony did not prosper at first, through want of instruction in the modes of civilized life.


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Under his beneficent care, however, the condition of affairs rapidly changed. During his stay, by rather an amusing coincidence, he, the Governor of a colony, stood godfather to a grandson of the leader of the mutineers.

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The Governor's godson made the colony number two hundred and twelve. A system of communism, as perfect, perhaps, as was ever known to exist, was practiced by the Colonists. Cattle and sheep were common property, and the land was used in common. This primitive mode of life the Governor did not approve, and recommended a partition of goods. He made few changes in their simple laws, and probably their code is not equaled in brevity by any other set of statutes. It contains only forty-two laws, and those so short that they fill about three octavo pages.

The Governor of New South Wales is their Governor; and, in his absence, three magistrates, elected annually by universal suffrage, exercise the executive power. The courts are very paternal in their action, and their jury consists of seven persons. Education is compulsory, and they have a perfect Maine Liquor law.

The mutineer; a romance of Pitcairn Island

The use of bad language, the [??? The chief want, a convenient port, is in a fair way to be supplied, though it may interfere with the present rule of not allowing strangers to remain on the Island. The islanders now live in security and abundance, and under a continuance of the same wise care, they will in a few years probably be able to stand alone, and provide for their own support.

Such is the present condition of the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty. A more striking instance of total change, wrought by the influence of one man, the survivor of a band of murderers -- for such they were upon one another after they burnt the Bounty -- is hardly to be found. That such a change, so conspicuous after the murderous acts which cut off the other mutineers, should have occurred in that one man is, perhaps, not less wonderful than the work which be, with no counsellors except a Bible and Prayer-book saved from the Bounty, afterward performed.

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One died the following year from an asthma attack leaving just the one mutineer, John Adams. Although over the years several ships had discovered Pitcairn Island, none had ever encountered the community — the HMS Bounty having been sunk shortly after they arrived.


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    5. When the American ship Topaz arrived the captain and crew landed and were met by Adams, who had since started a school for the children teaching Christian values. In the s, three British adventurers decided to join the community. They settled, married and had children. Adams died in and in , the islanders decided to immigrate to Tahiti but they found it hard to settle and many died of disease. Being on an isolated island for their entire lives left them vulnerable to disease. They returned to Pitcairn six months later. There followed a period of restlessness, with no set leader and too much alcohol.

    In , adventurer Joshua Hill arrived on the island, claiming to be a British agent, and established himself as the new leader. He exiled the three remaining British men, banned alcohol and ruled the island with strict infringements for seemingly small indiscretions. Once Hill was driven off the island in , new laws were drawn up with the assistance of a British ship captain and the island became the first British colony in the Pacific.

    By the mid s the community had outgrown the island with a population now at people. Queen Victoria offered them Norfolk Island and in the entire community sailed to Norfolk Island.

    The Mutineer. A Romance of Pitcairn Island

    Life was hard for many on Norfolk Island and within 18 months 17 had returned to Pitcairn, with a further 27 by In the interim while the community was on Norfolk Island, a shipwreck had resulted in the survivors living on Pitcairn until they could be rescued. They damaged graves and dismantled houses to use as firewood so that when the Pitcairners returned it was to a shambles. Further immigration to Pitcairn was banned in the s.

    With emigration, the current population has dropped to just With children moving to mainly New Zealand for schooling and often not returning, the Pitcairn community faces unique challenges to maintain their community amid an aging population and limited resources.

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    Visitors can get to Pitcairn Island as either part of a cruise or with the supply ship that runs a regular schedule between Pitcairn and Mangareva, Tahiti. The freighter, Aranui 5, also visited this year and has another voyage on offer in We have details on all of these options so feel free to give our Ultimate Cruising experts a call to discuss! Click here to request a call. Please check the form, the required fields will be highlighted in red, once filled in try submitting again.