Norfolk Islanders to Norfolk Island, arriving on 8 June 1856. These were the descendants of Tahitians and the HMS "Bounty" mutineers, resettled from the Pitcairn Islands, which had become too small for their growing population. The British government had permitted the transfer of the Pitcairners to Norfolk, which was thus established as a colony separate from New South Wales but under the administration of that colony's governor. The Pitcairners occupied many of the buildings remaining from the penal settlements, and gradually established their traditional farming and whaling industries on the island. Although some families decided to return, with 17 members of the
The Mutineers of the Bounty journey to safety, reaching Timor 47 days later. The original text was written by Gabriel Marcel (1843–1909), a geographer from the National Library of France. Jules Verne’s work was proofreading. Verne bought the rights to the text for 300 francs. The Mutineers of the Bounty Mutineers of the Bounty () is a short story by Jules Verne. The story is based on British documents about the Mutiny on the "Bounty" and was published in 1879 together with the novel "The Begum's Fortune" ("Les cinq cents millions de la Bégum"), as a part of the series "Les Voyages Extraordinaires" ("The Extraordinary