A day to mark when the last residents of St Kilda left its shores has been organised by the Gaelic Arts Agency.
On August 29 St Kilda Day: Latha Hiort will take place and it is hoped the day will increase public awareness of the St Kildan story and build support for a St Kilda Centre to further promote the World Heritage site.
People had lived on St Kilda since prehistoric times but in the 19th Century the residents became aware of the wider world and in the 1850s, 42 of the islanders emigrated to Australia.
The winter of 1929 was particularly hard on the island and some of the remaining inhabitants died.
The remaining 36 islanders wrote to the government asking to be taken off so they could lead new lives on the mainland and the island was abandoned on August 29th the following year.//
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