Tristan da Cunha/British South Atlantic islands/Part of St.Helena,Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

He declared the islands his property and named them the Islands of Refreshment. Lambert's rule was short-lived, as he died in a boating accident in 1812.
In 1816 the United Kingdom formally annexed the islands, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa. This is reported to have primarily been a measure to ensure that the French would not be able to use the islands as a base for a rescue operation to free Napoleon Bonaparte from his prison on Saint Helena. The occupation also prevented the United States from using Tristan da Cunha as a base, as they had during the War of 1812. Attempts to colonise Inaccessible Island failed.
The islands were occupied by a garrison of British Marines, and a civilian population was gradually built up. Whalers also set up on the islands as a base for operations in the Southern Atlantic. However, the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, together with the gradual move from sailing ships to coal-fired steam ships, increased the isolation of the islands, as they were no longer needed as a stopping port for journeys from Europe to the Far East.In 1867, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and second son of Queen Victoria, visited the islands. The main settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, was named in honour of his visit. Lewis Carroll's youngest brother, the Rev. Edwin H. Dodgson, served as an Anglican missionary and school teacher in Tristan da Cunha in the 1880s. The second Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, visited the islands in 1957 as part of a world tour onboard the royal yacht Britannia.On 12 January 1938, by Letters Patent, the islands were declared a dependency of Saint Helena. Prior to this, passing ships stopped irregularly at the island for a period of mere hours.Tristan da Cunha.During World War II, the islands were used as a top secret Royal Navy weather and radio station codenamed HMS Atlantic Isle, to monitor U Boats (which needed to surface to maintain radio contact) and German shipping movements in the South Atlantic Ocean. The only currency in use on the island at this time was the potato, and islanders labouring to construct the station were paid in kind with naval supplies for their own use, such as wood, paint and tea. Money was introduced the following year, as was the island's first newspaper, The Tristan Times. The first Administrator was appointed by the British Government during this time.In 1958, as part of Operation Argus, the United States Navy exploded an atomic bomb 200 kilometres high in the upper atmosphere, 115 kilometres southeast of the main island.In 1961, a volcanic eruption forced the evacuation of the entire population to wooden huts in the disused Pendell Army Camp in Merstham, Surrey, England before moving to a more permanent site at a former Royal Air Force station in Calshot near Southampton, England, living mainly in a road called Tristan Close. In 1962, a Royal Society expedition went to the islands to assess the damage, and reported that the settlement Edinburgh of the Seven Seas had been only marginally affected. Most families returned in 1963 led by Willie Repetto (head of the ten-person island council) and Allan Crawford (the former island welfare officer).In 2005, the islands were given a United Kingdom post code (TDCU 1ZZ) to make it easier for the residents to order goods online.The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009 was made by HM the Queen and the Privy Council on 8 July and is expected to come into operation shortly thereafter. The new Constitution replaces the 1988 version and among other changes limits the Governor's powers, includes a Bill of Rights, establishes independence of the judiciary and the public service and formally designates the Governor of St Helena as, concurrently, the Governor for Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It also ends the "dependency" status of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha on St Helena.Executive authority is vested in the Queen, who is represented in the territory by the Governor of Saint Helena.As the Governor resides permanently in Saint Helena, an Administrator is appointed to represent the Governor in the islands. The Administrator acts as the local head of government, and takes advice from the Island Council, made up of eight elected and three appointed members. Policing in Tristan da Cunha is undertaken by one full-time police officer and three special constables. Tristan da Cunha has its own legislation, but the law of Saint Helena applies to the extent that it is not inconsistent with local law, insofar as it is suitable for local circumstances and subject to such modifications as local circumstances make necessary.

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[cfuman]

Nice video thank you! I always wonder why don't they build an airport on the islands?

[matheona]

@cfuman Thanks for your comment....Yes now You know....I say: TO KNOW IS MORE.... Have a nice times with matheonafilms on You Tube Yours matheona

[ianmandyb]

I was born on Tristan Da Cunha in 1959 before the volcano erupted and was shipped to England in 1961 and then went back to the Island when it was safe in 1963. We returned to England in 1965 and i have never been back. I will be going back in 2012 for the first time. Nice video of modern Tristan many thanks Ian

[matheona]

@ianmandyb Many,many thanks for your comment.i am so pleased to hear real native people,thank you so much.I recommend you to visit channel klimperklampersion on You tube she has video playing regional patriotic anthem of this lovely island.I wish you the best.Write me from the island,I love it  Yours matheona

[matheona]

Is there anybody who live in Tristan da Cunha island or somebody who have been to this island. Write your comment here.Many greetings to Tristan da Cunha island. Yours matheona.

[TSM8088]

Interesting...Thanks for making this very informative video! I've always been interested in these remote islands of the Atlantic, particularly South Georgia, the old whaling port and the story of Shackelton.

[matheona]

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[yvonne100ism]

I remember, as a small child, 'the Tristans' coming to Merstham, they were housed in an old army barraks. We used to go and visit them and play with the children. We made some friends of the kids there and used to bring them home for tea occasionally. I always wondered what happened to them, did they all go back or what. I moved to Vancouver so lost touch with school friends there. I remember, later, a girl in our school married a man from Tristan. Looks beautiful there.

[MrDrattius]

Id like to ask there is any way to become citizen of Tristan de Cunha? :)

[IAmKingBonzo]

Fuck the queen, off with her head.

[sasktank]

BLUE LINE RUINS THIS VIDEO

[laton2010]

Tristao da Cunha was a Portuguese navigator.

[ALYSKANDER]

Hi, how can i go to this island? It seems a very quiet and beautifoul place. I would like to feel in the remotest place of the world. Thank u.