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Dalley-Spillane: An exemplar of a Catholic colonial bigamous marriage

Dalley-Spillane: An exemplar of a Catholic colonial bigamous marriage

Dalley-Spillane: An exemplar of a Catholic colonial bigamous marriage

Sep 15, 20245 min read

Rafferty Rules!: Ernest Schultz’s bigamy mania

Rafferty Rules!: Ernest Schultz’s bigamy mania

Rafferty Rules!: Ernest Schultz’s bigamy mania

Jun 7, 20248 min read

Pathological Liar Karl Ernest Schultz: A man of many names and too many marriages

Pathological Liar Karl Ernest Schultz: A man of many names and too many marriages

Pathological Liar Karl Ernest Schultz: A man of many names and too many marriages

May 17, 20247 min read

Does Christianity Breed Bigamists? The Australian Experience

Does Christianity Breed Bigamists? The Australian Experience

Does Christianity Breed Bigamists? The Australian Experience

May 7, 20247 min read

Casanova on the loose: Double bigamist William Eric (John) Hamilton’s failure to learn from his mistakes *

Casanova on the loose: Double bigamist William Eric (John) Hamilton’s failure to learn from his mistakes *

Casanova on the loose: Double bigamist William Eric (John) Hamilton’s failure to learn from his mistakes *

Apr 26, 20249 min read

One Murder, Three Approaches: The story, the reminiscence, and the archival case file

One Murder, Three Approaches: The story, the reminiscence, and the archival case file

One Murder, Three Approaches: The story, the reminiscence, and the archival case file

Apr 23, 202414 min read

Unable to Learn From His Mistakes: Double Bigamist William Eric Hamilton

Unable to Learn From His Mistakes: Double Bigamist William Eric Hamilton

Unable to Learn From His Mistakes: Double Bigamist William Eric Hamilton

Mar 18, 20247 min read

A Skater’s Sins – How Frederick Richardson danced in and out of marriages, divorces, and fatherhood

A Skater’s Sins – How Frederick Richardson danced in and out of marriages, divorces, and fatherhood

A Skater’s Sins – How Frederick Richardson danced in and out of marriages, divorces, and fatherhood

Mar 6, 20247 min read

Two men charged with marrying Jessie Thompson: The story of William Furness and Nathaniel Kinsman

Two men charged with marrying Jessie Thompson: The story of William Furness and Nathaniel Kinsman

Two men charged with marrying Jessie Thompson: The story of William Furness and Nathaniel Kinsman

Aug 20, 202310 min read

Media Depictions of Indigenous Australians in Bigamy Cases: Limited but rather positive

Media Depictions of Indigenous Australians in Bigamy Cases: Limited but rather positive

Media Depictions of Indigenous Australians in Bigamy Cases: Limited but rather positive

Aug 9, 202310 min read

‘Rare bigamy case’? Australia has a long and rich history of bigamy prosecutions

‘Rare bigamy case’? Australia has a long and rich history of bigamy prosecutions

‘Rare bigamy case’? Australia has a long and rich history of bigamy prosecutions

Jul 5, 20236 min read

Francis David Harrison, take 2: Criminal lawbreaker or innocent sufferer of mid-life crisis?

Francis David Harrison, take 2: Criminal lawbreaker or innocent sufferer of mid-life crisis?

Francis David Harrison, take 2: Criminal lawbreaker or innocent sufferer of mid-life crisis?

Jul 30, 20227 min read

NATHANIEL KINSMAN, one last time

NATHANIEL KINSMAN, one last time

NATHANIEL KINSMAN, one last time

Jul 25, 20223 min read

The ABCs of bigamy case files

The ABCs of bigamy case files

The ABCs of bigamy case files

Jul 11, 20227 min read

Stolen Valour: The Case of Arthur Roberts (Video Blog)

Stolen Valour: The Case of Arthur Roberts (Video Blog)

Stolen Valour: The Case of Arthur Roberts (Video Blog)

Jul 11, 20221 min read

The media persona of Reverend Nathaniel Kinsman: Our collective duty to read beyond headlines

The media persona of Reverend Nathaniel Kinsman: Our collective duty to read beyond headlines

The media persona of Reverend Nathaniel Kinsman: Our collective duty to read beyond headlines

Jul 4, 20226 min read

Bigamy-Murder: A favorite fictional trope

Bigamy-Murder: A favorite fictional trope

Bigamy-Murder: A favorite fictional trope

Jun 16, 20225 min read

Internet sources and the marrying vicar

Internet sources and the marrying vicar

Internet sources and the marrying vicar

Jun 10, 20223 min read

The Poor, Poor, Poor Men: The Truth of Bigamy Cartoons

The Poor, Poor, Poor Men: The Truth of Bigamy Cartoons

The Poor, Poor, Poor Men: The Truth of Bigamy Cartoons

May 31, 20224 min read

Guilty as charged! Yet, free.

Guilty as charged! Yet, free.

Guilty as charged! Yet, free.

Mar 22, 20226 min read

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