194 people, including the descendants from the Bounty, arrived on Norfolk Island from Pitcairn Island aboard the Morayshire on the 8th June 1856.

During the voyage Isaac and Miriam Christian gave birth to a son Reuben Denison Christian.

This consisted of 40 men, 47 women, 54 boys, and 53 girls. The journey of 3,700 miles took five weeks.

Norfolk Island still celebrates the 8th of June as our Anniversary day here on the Island. It is called Bounty Day, and it is a public holiday.

Late in 1858 16 people boarded a ship called the Mary Ann who was bound for Tahiti, and headed back home to Pitcairn Island.

In 1864 a second group of Pitcairner’s returned back to Pitcairn Island aboard the ship St Kida.

Forty three people were now living on Pitcairn Island from the Young, Christian, McCoy, Buffett and Warren families.