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Buffet, Evans and
Nobbs are the Pitcairn names.

Community events are an important way in which connections to the past are signified. Anniversary
(Bounty) Day marks the arrival of the Pitcairners on Norfolk Island on 8 June 1856, and is the Island's
major day of celebration. The day features a sequence of activities, starting with a re-enactment of the
landing at historic Kingston Pier, followed by a procession to the War Memorial and the graveyard of the
original settlers, where wreaths are laid. The descendants of the original families are received at
Government House for morning tea, and a prize is awarded to one of the original families judged to be the
best turned out family group. In this context, 'turned out' means more than costumed; it includes the
number of generations included in the group. Afterwards, children find it fun to roll down the hill from
Government House in order to proceed to the huge picnic celebrated by the whole Norfolk Island
community. The present picnic site is in the shelter of the Prisoners' Compound walls. Previously it was on
the north of the Prisoners' Compound wall.

4 NSW Dept of Commerce 2007: 265.
5 NSW Dept of Commerce 2007: 263.
6 Buffett, Alice & Donald Laycock, 1988. Speak Norfuk Today; Buffett, Alice, 1999. An Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language.

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Another annual celebration, started in 1850 on Pitcairn Island, marks the anniversary of the burning of
HMAV Bounty on 23 January. It continues to be celebrated on Pitcairn Island each year, and in recent
times has also been taken up as a celebration on Norfolk Island. Yet another important celebration is
Foundation Day, which marks the date of the first penal settlement on Norfolk Island. Norfolk Island also
celebrates Thanksgiving Day, a tradition linked to American whalers.

Food is a key part of important celebrations such as Anniversary (Bounty) Day, where passed-down family
recipes are used to cook up a shared feast. Norfolk cuisine uses local wild produce (eg lemons, bananas
and guavas) in distinctive dishes such as pilhi and mudda®, as well as seafood and Norfolk-raised beef.
Norfolk cuisine is presented in some local restaurants. Crafts still practised include the making of wreaths
for Anniversary (Bounty) Day, funerals and other memorial services; these are made from flowers
gathered from private gardens. Flax is woven into hats and baskets.

From the beginning, the Pitcairn customs of sharing were evident in their new settlement on Norfolk
Island. Examples include the establishment of a common store for their