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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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NATHANIEL KINSMAN, one last time

NATHANIEL KINSMAN, one last time

NATHANIEL KINSMAN, one last time

Jul 25, 20223 min read

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The ABCs of bigamy case files

The ABCs of bigamy case files

The ABCs of bigamy case files

Jul 11, 20227 min read

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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

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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

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Bigamy-Murder: A favorite fictional trope

Bigamy-Murder: A favorite fictional trope

Bigamy-Murder: A favorite fictional trope

Jun 16, 20225 min read

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Internet sources and the marrying vicar

Internet sources and the marrying vicar

Internet sources and the marrying vicar

Jun 10, 20223 min read

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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

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Guilty as charged! Yet, free.

Guilty as charged! Yet, free.

Guilty as charged! Yet, free.

Mar 22, 20226 min read

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