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Bounty-Pitcairn Conference 2012
Co-sponsored by the Pitcairn Islands Study Group and the FRIENDS of PITCAIRN Yahoo! Group
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Bounty-Pitcairn Conference
2012
Co-sponsored by the
Pitcairn Islands Study
Group and the
FRIENDS of PITCAIRN Yahoo! Group
was held August 19-21, 2012
at the
Pitcairn Islands Study Center
in Angwin, California
List of Speakers, with Titles of Talks
and More!
Of the 15
speakers, three were Pitcairn Island residents and another
was raised on Pitcairn. Two were from
Australia, one was from Australia and Norfolk Island, and the
remainder
were from the U. S. Pitcairn Islanders Jacqui Christian
and Kari Boye Young, Marie Christian Thomas (who was raised on Pitcairn
Island) and former Commissioner for the Pitcairn Islands, Leslie Jaques,
OBE,
all made presentations.
The following also spoke: Australian
numismatist Ron Edwards; Australian linguistics professor Dr. Peter
Muhlhausler;
Australian historian Roger Stuart-Andrews; tall ship expert Captain Sean
Bercaw, philatelist and former Pitcairn
Islands Study Group President Mark A. Butterline;
Pitcairn Islands Study Center Director Herbert Ford; author Dr. Bob
Kirk; author Donald A. Maxton;
history professor Dr. Tillman Nechtman; author and former Pitcairn Log Managing Editor Steve Pendleton; and
maritime, Bounty and Pitcairn collector Tony Probst.
Program:
Official Program (PDF,
5 MB)
August 17, 2012
Addendum to Official Program (PDF)
All events were
held in the Fireside Room, a building on the Pacific Union College
campus only a short walk from the Nelson Memorial
Library where the Pitcairn Islands Study Center is located. The Fireside
Room is marked as number 18 on the
Pacific
Union College online campus map and on the
Pacific Union College larger campus map (PDF).
Sunday, August 19, 2012:
7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Informal
mixer with snacks and video presentations:
(1)
A Climb out onto Ship Landing Point Overlooking Bounty Bay (5:38),
a
breathtaking
video clip taken with a helmet-attached camcorder by
Tony Probst
(2) Myth Bounty:
In the Footsteps of a Mutiny (22:31), a
video created by
Evelyn Bremer of Berlin, Germany
Monday, August 20, 2012:
9:45 AM
Video of opening ceremonies (18:51):
Introductory
remarks by Moderator
Barbara Stein
Welcome by Dr. Nancy Lecourt, Vice President for Academic Administration,
Pacific Union College
Remarks by Host
Herbert Ford,
Director of the
Pitcairn Islands Study Center,
on the long relationship
between
Pacific Union College and Pitcairn Island and an explanation as to why
the Study Center
is
located at the
College
Welcome by Ted Cookson
on behalf of Co-sponsors Pitcairn Islands Study Group
and
FRIENDSofPITCAIRN Yahoo! Group
10:00 AM
Kari Boye Young: "How
the Pitcairners' Resourcefulness Has Enabled Them to Survive in Isolation"
Video
of talk (22:45)
Text of talk (PDF)
10:30 AM
Mark A. Butterline:
"Pitcairn Island: Post Office and Community"
Video
of talk (26:55)
PowerPoint
slide show with images (10 MB)
11:00 AM
Ron Edwards:
“Pitcairn’s Coinage: A Difficult & Varied Program of
Limited Success”
Video
of talk (17:31) Text
of talk (PDF)
11:30 AM Break
11:45 AM
Herbert Ford: "Pitcairn:
Survival by Ship"
Video
of talk (26:56) Text
of talk (PDF)
12:15 PM
Leslie Jaques, OBE:
"A
Retrospective on 'Seven Years of Plenty'"
Video
of talk (24:07)
Text
of talk (PDF)
12:45 PM
Pitcairn handicrafts market
2:15 PM Q & A
Skype video chat with Pitcairn Island, featuring Pitcairn Mayor Michael Warren
(40:14)
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM
Tillman Nechtman, PhD: "Joshua Hill, the Self-Instituted
King of Pitcairn:
Separating the Truth from the Lies"
Video of talk (26:45)
Text of talk (PDF)
4:00 PM Captain
Sean Bercaw: "The Bercaw Family's
Four Trips to Pitcairn: 1951, 1972, 1987, 2002"
Video
of talk (24:49)
PowerPoint
slide show with images (67 MB)
4:30 PM Break
4:45 PM Premiere showing of a 45-minute
excerpt from Dem Tul Pitcairn,
a yet-to-be-released documentary film
5:45 PM End of Monday program
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Time at leisure to explore
Pitcairn Islands Study Center
Tuesday. August 21, 2012:
10:00 AM
Bob Kirk, PhD:
"Some Highlights of Pitcairn History"
Video of talk (24:47)
Summary text of talk
PowerPoint slide show with
images (29 MB, not shown at BPC 2012)
10:30 AM Jacqui
Christian:
"Back to the Future: Jacqui Christian,
who grew up on Pitcairn Island,
returned after 20 years of successfully living overseas to offer her skills and
experience
to contribute to creating Pitcairn's future. This is a story that will
encourage."
Video
of talk (29:16)
Short summary text of talk (PDF)
11:00 AM Peter
Muhlhausler, PhD: "Ned
Young, creator of the linguistic landscape of Pitcairn Island"
Video of talk (22:25)
Background text (PDF)
11:30 AM Break
11:45 AM
Donald A. Maxton:
"'Mutiny' in the Magazine Section: Bounty, Pitcairn and the
Popular Press"
Video of talk (29:18)
Text of PowerPoint slide show (PDF)
PowerPoint slide show with images (50 MB)
12:15 PM Steve
Pendleton:
"The Neighbors - Pitcairn Isn't Alone (Though It Might Seem So)"
Video of talk (19:00)
Easter Island article (PDF)
Norfolk Island article (PDF)
Pitcairn Philately (PDF)
(6 MB)
12:45 PM Pitcairn handicrafts market
2:15 PM Q & A Skype
video chat with Pitcairn Island, featuring Pitcairn culture expert Meralda
Warren (47:07)
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM Roger
Stuart-Andrews:
"The Ultimate Fate of Fletcher Christian"
Video of talk (26:05)
PowerPoint
slide show with images (2 MB)
4:00 PM
Tony Probst and
Marie Christian Thomas:
"A Photographic Journey through Pitcairn’s Present and Past with Marie Christian and Tony Probst" (one hour)
Video of talk
(1:01:07)
(Marie speaks in the second half, beginning after 31 minutes)
Photography by Tony Probst
Photography by Marie Christian Thomas
5:00 PM Video of closing ceremonies (12:41):
Closing remarks by Moderator
Barbara Stein and
Host
Herbert Ford
and awarding of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group's
Bounty Anchor Award for
2012 to
Herbert Ford.
5:15 PM End of Tuesday program
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Time at leisure to explore
Pitcairn Islands Study Center
Video
clips of Pitcairn Islanders singing:
Video
of Pitcairn Islanders singing in Angwin and on Pitcairn at end of video
chat on August 20, 2012 (3:48)
Video of Pitcairn
Islanders singing on Pitcairn at end of video chat on August 21, 2012 (5:41)
Video of Pitcairn Islanders singing farewell
in Angwin at conclusion of BPC 2012 on August 21, 2012 (5:56)
For additional video of Pitcairn Islanders singing during BPC 2012, click
here.
Conference attendees had ample opportunity to peruse the extensive resources
available at the Pitcairn Islands Study Center (PISC), which contains one of the
world's largest collections of materials relating to the Mutiny on the Bounty,
Captain William Bligh, HMAV Bounty, and both Pitcairn and Norfolk
Islands. Included in the Center's collection are over 1,500 books and
numerous journal articles and non-print items. PISC remained open late for
browsing and research August 20-21 and it was also open on August 22.
Featured Events:
* A 45-minute excerpt from Dem Tul Pitcairn,
a yet-to-be-released documentary film about Pitcairn,
was shown.
* Two Q & A Skype video chats (click
here and
here) were held with
Pitcairn
Island
residents. The video
image was projected onto a large screen
in Angwin.
* Small group tours of the
Pitcairn
Islands Study Center were offered.
* Two Pitcairn handicrafts
markets were held. These featured Pitcairn Islander-woven baskets, wood-carved flying fish, Pitcairn & Bounty
T-shirts, Pitcairn stamps, wood-carved models of HMS Bounty, painted
“Hattie” leaves, etc.
*
Several pieces of tapa cloth produced by Pitcairn Islander Meralda Warren were displayed
and offered for sale. For
details and a photo of the largest piece, click
here.
* A DVD containing
digital copies of all of the issues of the Pitcairn Island Study Group's
quarterly, The Pitcairn Log, made its debut. The DVD contains every
issue of the journal from its
September 1973 inception through the October 2011 issue as well as five monographs, four
of which are out-of-print. This represents over 3,500 pages in total. To view the online index of The Pitcairn Log, click
here.
To purchase this DVD, click
here.
*
A DVD containing
digital copies of all of the issues of the The UK Log, the semi-annual
journal published by the former Pitcairn Islands Study Group (UK) (now known as
The Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands Society), made its debut. The DVD
contains every issue of the journal from its January 1991 inception through the July
2012 issue as well as two monographs published by PISG
(UK). This represents over 1,450 pages in total. To view the online index of The UK Log, click
here. To purchase this DVD, click
here.
* The preview edition of Ted Cookson's Pitcairn Island and the Bounty Saga -
Institutions and Monuments: A Worldwide List of Related Archives,
Churches, Gardens, Houses, Libraries, Monuments, Museums and Ships, made its debut.
This monograph reveals where
101 Pitcairn- and Bounty-related artifacts may be viewed in the U. S. and around the
world. To purchase this CD, click
here.
*
The Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau was represented, with
stamp and coin sales at scheduled times and a
special cachet:
* A United States Postal Service station operated at
scheduled times and featured a
special postmark:
*
Funds remaining after covering conference expenses were donated to
the Pitcairn Islands Study Center.
For photos and links, click
here.
For the BPC 2012 Donor Hall of Fame, click
here.
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Saga enthusiasts, your financial assistance is sought in order to maintain this
website.
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All donations will be listed on this web page within the relevant donation tier. Any person wishing to donate
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else subsequently via email to
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or by post to Pitcairn Islands Study Center, 1 Angwin Avenue, Angwin, CA
94508-9713. Donations are not
tax-deductible. Thank you for your generous support.
Those unable to contact the conference organizers via email at
2012bpc@gmail.com may
correspond with:
Herbert Ford, Director
Pitcairn Islands Study Center
1 Angwin Avenue
Angwin, CA 94508-9713
Tels.: 1-707-965-6625
1-707-965-2047
Fax: 1-707-965-6504
www.pitcairnstudycenter.org
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