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Adjustable Relationships: marriage, divorce and bigamy on the goldfields 

  • Icon26 May, 2.00 pm
  • Icon 1Kate Sheppard House, 83 Clyde Road
  • Icon 2$7

The goldrush gave people a chance to reinvent themselves.

Mary Ann Hardman
Mary Ann Hardman married three times. [Lakes District Museum, EP2987].

This talk by Canterbury Museum Senior Curator Human History Julia Bradshaw explores the fluid definition of marriage during the New Zealand goldrushes and provides some colourful examples.

Julia Bradshaw 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. Book tickets here.

Doors open 15 minutes prior to event.

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