The Pitcairn Trials

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What is the history of the Island of Pitcairn, its myths and realities?

Born from the 1789 Mutiny, the mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian stumble across Pitcairn. Handily wrongly located on maps, this is their opportunity to escape the British Navy and disappear, today all Pitcairn families are descended from the mutineers and their Tahitian ‘wives’. But they were not a contented community, marked by violence and death, which are marked on the Island in place names. Abuse survivor Glenda, now living in the UK, paints a vivid picture of life on the Island, eating breadfruit, swimming, the unique language, the red volcanic dirt. But her memories are not all full of sunshine…


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Episodes will be available for free wherever you get your podcasts in January.


Episodes 1-3 from 9 Jan

Episodes 4-5 from 16 Jan

Episodes 6-7 from 23 Jan

Episode 8 from 30 Jan


There are organisations around the world that work to prevent the abuse of children and support survivors.

In the UK:

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/ 

https://thesurvivorstrust.org/ 


In the US:

https://www.childhelphotline.org/ 

https://preventchildabuse.org/about-us/ 


In Australia:

https://www.napcan.org.au/


In New Zealand:

https://indigohouse.co.nz/

https://www.capf.org.nz/

https://www.familyaction.org.nz/

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