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The prison colony also closed (in 1855), and the island was used to move the thriving population of descendants of the [[Bounty]] mutineers from the much smaller [[Pitcairn Island]] in 1856. This small group is the reason for the small number of surnames.
The prison colony also closed (in 1855), and the island was used to move the thriving population of descendants of the [[Bounty]] mutineers from the much smaller [[Pitcairn Island]] in 1856. This small group is the reason for the small number of surnames.
In 1914, 15 local representatives of the area met with Daniel Iswick, whose family was one of the original settlers. Discussion of future governance let to a formal agreement in 1936.
==Recent history==
==Recent history==