Teraura

Teraura
Excerpt from Fanshawe's 1849 drawing of Teraura
Bornc. 1775 (1775)
DiedJuly 1850(1850-07-00) (aged 74–75)
Other namesSusan Young
Susannah Young
Partners
  • Ned Young
  • Matthew Quintal
  • Thursday
  • October Christian

Teraura, also Susan or Susannah Young (c. 1775 – July 1850), was a Tahitian woman who settled on Pitcairn Island with the Bounty Mutineers. She took part in Ned Young's plot to murder male Polynesians who had travelled on HMS Bounty and killed Tetahiti. A tapa maker, examples of her craft are found in the British Museum and at Kew Gardens.