Writer and Historian
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Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife: The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger
The fascinating story of a remarkable, curious, ordinary woman and her place in history.
Published by Auckland University Press, 2022.
Longlisted for the 2023 Ockham Book Award in the General Non-fiction section.
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In October, I will be giving a talk to the Friends of the Turnbull in Wellington about the contrasting histories of Charlotte Badger and George Bruce, both of whom lived at the Bay of Islands in 1806.
I’ll look at how their stories developed and how what we know about Badger and Bruce reflects, not just the history of the early contact period in the north, but the way in which our understanding of the past itself is made.
For more information see the Friends of the Turnbull website here.