Pitcairn

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According to citypopulation.de, Pitcairn Island had
just 47 inhabitants in July 2002, most of them listed here.

Obviously well known for being the descendents of the Bounty, and for being 1000+ miles from
nearest inhabited place, but becoming very well known for the well-publicized sex abuse cases, which
implicate nearly over a third of the entire population, and could end the feasibility of pitcairn becoming inhabited.

It is difficult enough to imagine the oppressiveness of being stuck with 46 people on a rock 1000 miles from anywhere else,
before you even begin to consider the kind of atmosphere that must be present there now

i wonder if Dea Birkitts book is
worth picking up, or if it is just a travel writing/investigative journalism hybrid, has anyone read it?

and, much less likely, has anyone ever met anyone from pitcairn, or who has been there? etc etc

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

The last time I spoke to a friend of mine - which was several months ago now - she was planning a trip there. I'm not sure if she's been yet, though.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 10:04 (twenty-two years ago)

when i was a little kid me and my friend tim planned to move there. at the time, the population was 63

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Dea Birkett's extracted piece in last week's IoS was a bizarre read. I mean I'd heard about Pitcairn and the sexual abuse allegations before, but it was when she casually dropped in the bit about 'then I found myself a mate and there wasn't much choice so I went with a married man'. I wasn't clear when she was there and for how long. I'm sure it was Dea Birkett who had twins about 18 months ago. I assumed she was with the father then. Maybe not.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

that article was quite interesting. I usually don't like when writers start going on about themselves when talking about something, but in that case it was quite illustrative.

the article does kind of have an air of "they've got their own ways, best not to meddle" about it.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)

it was also Private Eye's most tedious standing joke

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

what was?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

The trial is about to start: http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1207049.htm

the really interesting bit is when he agrees that underage sex was the absolute norm at the time. Wicker Man?

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 11:46 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

All but one of them have been found guilty. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3950033.stm

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Monday, 25 October 2004 07:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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