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First postcode for remote UK isle - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4129636.stm
The BBC tells the tale of how Tristan Da Cunha acquired the postcode TDCU 1ZZ. |
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Tristan da Cunha - http://www.tristandc.com/
Official guide published by the Tristan da Cunha Government and the Tristan da Cunha Association. |
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Tristan Times - http://www.tristantimes.com/
The island's online newspaper. |
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Tristan da Cunha - http://www.sthelena.se/tristan/tristan.htm
A brief page on the Radio St Helena site describing this small island group that is administered from St Helena, but located quite a distance away. |
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A detailed history of Tristan da Cunha - http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/tristan_da_cunha/tristan_history.html
A detailed history of Tristan da Cunha, discovered in 1506, garissoned in 1816 and currently the most remote inhabited island in the world. The site covers the garissoning of the island in some detail, along with the "West Riding" disaster and visit of the first HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. The difficulties of living in such a remote location are graphically described. |
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The Annals of Tristan da Cunha - http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/tristan_da_cunha/annals_main.html
A fascinating record of the history of Tristan from 1506 to 1926, written by Professor Arnaldo Faustini. It contains details of all ships calling at the island, detailed censuses and all major historical events. Downloadable in Adobe .PDF format |
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Augustus Earle Exhibition : Tristan da Cunha - http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/earle/tristan.html
Earle was stranded there in March 1824 when his ship, the Duke of Gloucester, inexplicably set sail without him. (Many of his South American watercolours presumably disappeared at that time as well.) It was fortunate that Earle had taken painting equipment ashore and was able to occupy himself recording his impressions of the island until his supplies ran out. He subsequently described the eight-month ordeal in a letter to a Hobart newspaper and published a lengthier account after his arrival back in England. |
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Wallowing off the coast of Tristan - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7953147.stm
Simon Winchester ruminates on why he was banned from Tristan da Cunha, and a lesson learned in the ethics of tourism. |
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Tristan da Cunha - http://www.gcn.ou.edu/~bweaver/Ascension/sh-rms.htm
Barry Weaver's Tristan page contains both a history of the island and a short bibliography. It's part of his South Atlantic Islands site. |
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Worldwide search for asthma clue - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7766656.stm
Half of the residents of Tristan da Cunha suffer from asthma. The BBC reports on the search for the genetic cause. |