The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture...
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Adamstown has a population of 47, which is the entire population of the Pitcairn Islands. All the other islands in the group are uninhabited. Adamstown...
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The postal history of the Pitcairn Islands began with letters being sent without postage stamps, as none were available on Pitcairn. In 1921, the United...
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The Pitcairn Islands, a group of islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, are the last remaining British Overseas Territory in Oceania. Settled by mutineers...
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but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The inhabited islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia), 688 km to the west, as...
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The coat of arms of the Pitcairn Islands is an official emblem of the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands and was granted by royal warrant...
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Pitcairn Islanders, also referred to as Pitkerners and Pitcairnese, are the native inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory including...
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Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn Islands, in the southern Pacific Ocean, of which many inhabitants are descendants of mutineers...
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on Pitcairn Island faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young adults. The accused represented a third of the island's male...
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The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific Ocean, with a population of about 50. The politics of the islands takes place...
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Pitcairn Islands Oeno Island Mutiny on the Bounty Cook Islands dollar Postage stamps and postal history of the Pitcairn Islands Niue dollar "Pitcairn...
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Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn, Oeno, and Ducie Islands....
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The Island Council is the legislature of the Pitcairn Islands. The Council has ten members, seven (five Councillors, the Mayor, and the Deputy Mayor)...
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Pitkern (redirect from History of the Pitkern language)
Pitkern, also known as Pitcairn-Norfolk or Pitcairnese, is a language spoken on Pitcairn and Norfolk islands. It is a mixture of English and Tahitian,...
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The Governor of Pitcairn is the representative of the British monarch in the Pitcairn Islands, the last remaining British Overseas Territory in the Pacific...
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part of the Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn, Henderson and Ducie islands. Oeno Island is located 143 kilometres (89 mi) northwest of Pitcairn...
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) "History of Pitcairn Island". Pitcairn Islands Study Center. Pacific Union College. 2000. Retrieved 30 April 2015. Used by permission from the government-published...
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Ducie Ducie Island (/ˈduːsi/; Pitkern: Ducie Ailen) is an uninhabited atoll in the Pitcairn Islands group, which also includes Pitcairn, Henderson and...
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Pitcairn. "Pitcairn Island Encyclopedia". Pitcairn Islands Study Center. Retrieved 17 January 2023. "History of Pitcairn Island". Pitcairn Islands Study Center...
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The virus was confirmed to have reached the islands on 16 July 2022. The Pitcairn Islands are a remote island chain in the Pacific consisting of the islands...
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Bounty Bible (category History of the Pitcairn Islands)
features an illustration of the Bible. Descendants of the Bounty Mutineers History of the Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Island as a Port of Call: A Record, 1790–2010...
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Mayhew Folger (category American explorers of the Pacific)
an American whaler who captained the sealing ship Topaz that rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808, whilst one of HMS Bounty's mutineers was still...
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Adamstown Church (category Churches in the Pitcairn Islands)
the town of Adamstown in the Pitcairn Islands, a dependent territory of the United Kingdom in Oceania, at an isolated end of the Pacific Ocean. The building...
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The Administrator of the Pitcairn Islands is the de facto Chair of the Island Council. The officeholder represents the interests of the Governor. As a...
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Pitcairn (6 May 1752 – c. 1770) was a Scottish midshipman in the Royal Navy. Pitcairn Island was named after him: he was the first person to spot the...
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bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBT people. Same-sex...
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1004806 Pitcairn Island Museum is a museum in Pitcairn Island, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Pacific Ocean. Established in 2005, the museum's...
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in the Pitcairn Islands on 15 December 2004. Voters elected a mayor, a council chairman, and four councillors to sit on the island council. For the mayoralty...
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Republic of Peru History of the Philippines – Republic of the Philippines History of the Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK...
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Come Ye Blessed (redirect from Music of the Pitcairn Islands)
song of the British overseas territory of the Pitcairn Islands, and is the official territorial song of the Australian territory of Norfolk Island and...
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