Peter Green was doing what ever he could to improve life on Tristan da Cunha, however it was time of war and nothing went well. By the year 1881 there was 110 people living on the island. With one ship came rev Dodgson who had to leave because of the health issues after 3 years, but he pointed out the problem of community on Tristan in England. Next years were rather harsh for people, but they got annual supply from the government.
In 1892 ship 'Italia' caught fire and the crew landed in Tristan. Two men, Andrea Repetto & Gaetano Lavarello, decided to settled on the island. They bring not only new bllod to the society but also new techniques that could be used (like carpentry).
The hardest period of time was during the I WW when the supply was abandoned and no ship visit the island for about 10 years! After the war men build a St. Mary church on the Island thay arganised a school too. There were aslo first scientific expeditions led by Norwegians, when the first detailed base map was made. In the 30. one expedition examined the people and in the report you could find that people from Tristan da Cunha had the best dental health in the world!
On 29th of March 1938 the islands (including Gouhg) were officialy considered to be dependent on Saint Helena.
In the II WW in Tristan was built weather radio station. It helped refresh comtacts with thw world. After this war boats from Cape Town came more often to the island. They also started to use money. In 1948 was built shrimp factory, which works till today. Also Hugh Elliot (the administartor of the Islands) introduced post stamps which brough profits to all residents.
Due to the fact, that Tristand da Cunha is located in Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it was just a matter of time when something happened. First earthquakes and landslides were noticed on 6th of August 1961. In October there showed up a fissure and two days later a little active cone on the shore. The decision to evacuated everyone was made. Luckily, there were boats avaible and all 290 people were taken to Africa and after reaching the land they went to England. Next year they organised expedition to found out if the volcano is still active. It was. But only one home was destroied. Also animals that was left on the island survived. The English government assume people from Tristan will stay in england for good. Finally, in 1963, the got premition to get back to theirs home.
Nowadays, life on Tristan da Cunha is rather calmly. Young people often continue their education in Cape Town or St. Helena and then often come back to Tristan. It is still rarely visited place, but for sure it is not impossible to see this remoted place.
All the information about the history was taken from official webpage: tristandc.com, archive.is/or2L and own knowladge acquired through years of studing different things in life ;-)
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