The mutiny on the Bounty is an edge-of-the-seat tale familiar to many thanks to Hollywood epics. But for us Norfolk Islanders, it’s not just a story of drama on the high seas, it’s an integral part of our ancestral history, one that’s remembered at the Pier Store.

Exhibits chronicle the fabled 1789 mutiny, life on Pitcairn Island for the mutineers and their resettlement to Norfolk Island in 1856. You’ll see objects from the HMS Bounty, including a cannon and a wedding ring passed through generations of Pitcairn Islanders. The Pier Store building itself was built in 1825 during the second convict settlement.

At the Pier Store you can also learn about our native Norf’k tongue, snippets of which are still generously sprinkled into our day-to-day conversations on the island. One phrase you might hear quite a bit is ‘watawieh yorlye’, which means ‘hello, how are you all?’.