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By Tim Latham
During this well-researched research of a real and unsolved crime, the enigma surrounding the dying of Janelle Patton—a 29-year-old Australian lady who disappeared whereas climbing on a well-liked Norfolk Island path and used to be later stumbled on stabbed and dead—is investigated via own interviews and probing questions. A territory of Australia, Norfolk Island itself is as interesting and unusual as Patton's homicide. Few humans during this secretive and protecting island group of below 2,000 electorate will speak about the incident, additional shrouding Patton's demise with secret. This startlingly unique story is a portrait of an remoted neighborhood that holds a depressing and bizarre mystery that could by no means be printed.
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When I went to the show, which is interminably long and skips the violent behaviour of the mutineers once they’d settled on Pitcairn Island, a fairy tern swooped low and shat on my forehead. Not surprisingly, I never met an Islander who would defend William Bligh. This is why island families worry about the origin of Janelle Patton’s killer and why, from day one, there’s been great debate about whether the killer is a ‘local’. If it is ultimately revealed to be one of kin, then it’s easy to imagine the domino effect of shame and disappointment as it ripples through the island’s tangled family tree.
It’s even worse at night. These living, breathing speed humps are far more effective at reducing speed levels than the three police officers. It’s a criminal offence to hit one, but like all single-vehicle accidents on Norfolk, they’re rarely reported. People find the cattle a menace and the miles of fences which grid the island are to keep the cattle out, not in. 26 NORFOLK : ISLAND OF SECRETS Norfolk Text Pgs 4/8/05 12:12 PM Page 27 Eight kilometres long and five kilometres wide, the island is not as small as it sounds, simply because it’s so very hilly.
It means Islanders can place each other. Through this elastic gene pool comes a sense of family. This unbreakable shackle bonds and unifies the Islander community as one and it does so in a unique way. This is why Norfolk and Pitcairn Islanders have such a thin skin for criticism: to criticise one is to criticise many. Just as a family will defend one member’s honour, the island as a whole will close ranks to defend itself against outsiders. And just as in any family, the harshest criticism is reserved for only those within the circle.