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Information: Settled by mutineers from HMS Bounty who married South Pacific islanders, some residents of Pitcairn Island are now pressing for independence from Britain.
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Pitcairn was never British, rape case court told Pitcairn was never British, rape case court told: Pitcairn, the South Pacific home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers, has never been British territory and is instead the world's smallest and most isolated independent nation, a court was told. Reported in the Daily Telegraph. (Pitcairn Island) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/19/wpit19.xml
The Head Heeb: The Sovereign Democratic Republic of Pitcairn The Head Heeb: The Sovereign Democratic Republic of Pitcairn: Commentary on the Pitcairn sex trial and claims arising from it that the island is independent of British rule. (Pitcairn Island) http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/018193.html
Descendants of Mutineers Seek Independence Descendants of Mutineers Seek Independence: The descendants of a group of daring 18th Century mutineers made legal history last week, telling a New Zealand court that their ancestors' rebellion amounted to a declaration of independence. The claim was made by lawyers representing seven men from the (Pitcairn Island) http://www.abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/stories/s995752.htm