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-==== Links ====
+==== Saint Helena ====
+**[[http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/|Saint Helena Government Official Website]]**
 **[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saint_Helena.htm|Full list of governors and statesmen of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan sa Cunha]]**
-**[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/South_Georgia_Islands.html|Full list of governors and statesmen of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]**
+**[[http://sainthelenaisland.info/|Saint Helena Info]]** - Includes lots of visual material.
-**[[http://www.sthelena.se/|Saint Helena Official Website]]**
-**[[http://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/|Saint Helena Government Official Website]]**
 **[[http://www.bweaver.nom.sh/|The Saint Helena Virtual Library and Archive]]**
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 **[[http://www.postoffice.gov.sh/|The Island of Saint Helena Post Office and Philatelic Bureau]]**
-**[[http://sainthelenaisland.info/|Saint Helena Info]]** - Includes lots of visual material.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIsI6paJYZs|Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of Saint Helena, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
-**[[http://www.tristandc.com/|Tristan da Cunha Official Website]]** - The main resource for facts and pictures on TDC geography, history, local folklore and economy, tourism and much more.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL-pAsNHLdY|Saint Helena – plant conservation]]** - Short documentary on conservation efforts focused on the island's highly endemic and frequently endangered species of flora, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
-**[[http://www.tristantimes.com/index.html|Tristan Times.com]]** - The official newspaper and news archive of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago.
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imy4gGC9sf4|Saint Helena – wirebird conservation]]** - Short documentary on conservation efforts focused on the island's last surviving endemic bird species, the "wirebird" plover of St. Helena, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
-**[[http://www.sthelena.se/tristan/english/index.htm|The dialect of Tristan da Cunha]]**
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-**[[http://www.tristan.it/TRISTAN/tristanlibri/tristan_annals.pdf|The Annals of Tristan da Cunha (pdf e-book)]]**
+==== Ascension Island ====
 **[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLBIaAR7h0|Ascension Island – wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of Ascension island, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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 **[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYWpUwcQd3E|Ascension Island – natives and aliens]]** - Short documentary on the native and introduced flora of Ascension island and its unique ecosystems, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
-**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIsI6paJYZs|Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of Saint Helena, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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-**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL-pAsNHLdY|Saint Helena – plant conservation]]** - Short documentary on conservation efforts focused on the island's highly endemic and frequently endangered species of flora, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+==== Tristan da Cunha ====
-**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imy4gGC9sf4|Saint Helena – wirebird conservation]]** - Short documentary on conservation efforts focused on the island's last surviving endemic bird species, the "wirebird" plover of St. Helena, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
+Resources pertaining to the main island, neighbouring Inaccessible Island and Nightingale Island, and the more distant Gough Island.
+**[[http://www.tristandc.com/|Tristan da Cunha Official Website]]** - The main resource for facts and pictures on TDC geography, history, local folklore and economy, tourism and much more.
+**[[http://www.tristantimes.com/index.html|Tristan Times.com]]** - The official newspaper and news archive of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago.
+**[[http://www.sthelena.se/tristan/english/index.htm|The dialect of Tristan da Cunha]]**
+**[[http://www.tristan.it/TRISTAN/tristanlibri/tristan_annals.pdf|The Annals of Tristan da Cunha (pdf e-book)]]**
 **[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fspkfxcrfwc|Tristan da Cunha - wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of Tristan da Cunha and its neighbouring islands, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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 **[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3j_H0SZINM|Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gough Island]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature, wildlife and environmental issues of the Tristan archipelago's distant part, Gough Island, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNPnBaO7tYg|Tristan da Cunha 1961 volcanic erruption]]** - Period documentary on the situation and research during and after the erruption in 1961, when the locals were temporarily evacuated.
+== Bibliography ==
-==== Bibliography ====
+//**[[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8213?msg=welcome_stranger|Three Years in Tristan da Cunha]]**// - An early 20th century account on life on Tristan by Katherine Mary Barrow, who lived on the island for three years. Available for free at Project Gutenberg.
 //A Short Guide to Tristan da Cunha//, James Glass and Anne Green, Tristan Chief Islanders, 2005, Whitby Press, 2005, 12 pages
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+==== South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ====
+Though the islands are distinct, they are near enough each other to be counted as one administrative area. Until 1985, the territory was administratively part of the Falkland Islands.
+**[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/South_Georgia_Islands.html|Full list of governors and statesmen of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]**
+**[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHZUibDpWuk|South Georgia - wildlife and heritage]]** - Short documentary on the unique nature and wildlife of South Georgia, courtesy of Redfern Natural History Productions.
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 ==== See Also ====