Archive - Easter Island Diaries, 1972

Tinned Peaches, Toilet Paper, and Moral Standards

16-17 April, 1972

12 hrs ago • Julia McCall

Fish Soup, Cat’s Cradles, and the Shadow of the Moai.

14 -15 April, 1972

Jul 4 • Julia McCall

June 2026

A visit to the hospital, buying some meat, & prosopagnasia at the airport

Jun 28 • Julia McCall

Going to Alvarez and learning about gifting & a trip to the photographer and to the cave Ana Kai Tangata (man-eating cave)

April 10-11, 1972

Jun 21 • Julia McCall

Adaptations and artefacts

April 8-9, 1972

Jun 13 • Julia McCall

Georgina and the Chilean generals

April 4-7, 1972

Jun 6 • Julia McCall

May 2026

Learning to be an island housewife

May 30 • Julia McCall

2nd April, 1972

May 23 • Julia McCall

Settling on Easter Island

Easter Island, April 1st 1972

May 16 • Julia McCall

Sydney, 28th March, 1972

May 12 • Julia McCall

Prologue: eight nappies and pursuing a doctorate

I was doing a cull of my books recently when I came across three fat foolscap hardbound notebooks of mine from long ago.

May 9

About the Easter Island Diaries

Easter Island Diaries, 1972 is a weekly serial drawn from Julia Jane's paper diaries, written when she was a young mother living on Easter Island.

May 6 • Julia McCall

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