Adjustable Relationships: marriage, divorce and bigamy on the goldfields

Adjustable Relationships: marriage, divorce and bigamy on the goldfields

Julia Bradshaw explores the fluid definition of marriage between the New Zealand goldrushes with some colourful examples.

By Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House

Date and time

Sunday, May 26 · 2 - 3pm NZST

Location

Kate Sheppard House

83 Clyde Road Christchurch, Canterbury 8041 New Zealand

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About this event

  • 1 hour

The movement of people between goldrushes provided an opportunity for people to reinvent themselves. This talk explores the fluid definition of marriage at the time and provides some colourful examples.

Julia Bradshaw is currently Senior Curator Human History at Canterbury Museum and has a background in South Island social history with a special interest in New Zealand’s gold-rushes and the experiences of women.

Bookings essential.

Doors open 15 minutes prior to event.


Image: Mary Ann Hardman (maiden name) who married three times [Lakes District Museum, EP2987].

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Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House

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