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Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Last reviewed: 13 November 2007

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HISTORY

Pitcairn was first settled in 1790 by some of the HMS Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. The island was left uninhabited between 1856 and 1859 when the entire population was resettled on Norfolk Island. The present community are descended from two parties who, not wishing to remain on Norfolk, returned to Pitcairn in 1859 and 1864 respectively, and from shipwrecked whalers.