The Denizens of Chatham is based on tales that have been told by English travelers and convicts, historical events which have been smeared throughout the centuries and there origins have been lost, but some truths are still told in the stories that have been passed down through the generations. It all began on May 13th, 1787, when England decided to relocate their convicts to another land (Australia) in order to better maintain a civilized society and focus on a populous that hasn't yet been tainted by the sins of the less-divine; and never will. However, there was also another reason for sending their criminals away, and that was for the purpose of claiming Australia under English rule; and without even using any valuable assets to do so ergo utilizing their fodder population (criminals) rather than using their more civilized crème populous (the civilized middle/upper class, soldiers and officers) to hold new territory.
However, the worst of the worst criminals were sent to an island named "Chatham" to establish a small resupply base, to give the British more options to attack the Dutch fleets.
The island was an untouched pocket of land with low grassy plains and hidden in an isolated location, just east of New Zealand. Once the British decided that a resupply base in that location was unnecessary, the soldiers packed up and left the criminals there to fend for themselves and the incident - along with the existance of the island - was mostly covered up.
The island was rediscovered in 1943 by a passing Australian naval vessel [HMAS Adelaide] looking to create new resupply camps for allied fleets during WWII). The captain [Cpt. HL Howden] had noted in his journal that he came across "a strange isolated island with a small civilization amongst the jetting rocks - a fishing village that hadn't yet been charted by modern maps".
However, the worst of the worst criminals were sent to an island named "Chatham" to establish a small resupply base, to give the British more options to attack the Dutch fleets.
The island was an untouched pocket of land with low grassy plains and hidden in an isolated location, just east of New Zealand. Once the British decided that a resupply base in that location was unnecessary, the soldiers packed up and left the criminals there to fend for themselves and the incident - along with the existance of the island - was mostly covered up.
The island was rediscovered in 1943 by a passing Australian naval vessel [HMAS Adelaide] looking to create new resupply camps for allied fleets during WWII). The captain [Cpt. HL Howden] had noted in his journal that he came across "a strange isolated island with a small civilization amongst the jetting rocks - a fishing village that hadn't yet been charted by modern maps".