Salt Water and Sea Heroines in the 19th Century Contact Zone

Katie Pickles attended the Watery Worlds Environmental History Symposium at Massey University 15-16 April. She presented research results from her James Cook Fellowship: ‘Salt Water and Sea Heroines in the 19th Century Contact Zone’.

Environmental Historians visit the internationally significant Manawatu Estuary as part of the Watery Worlds Symposium. 

Credit: Prof Mike Roche, Massey University  

 

Katie was also part of an eight speaker event at Turanga on 23 April ‘Beneath our Feet: Archaeological Stories of Place’ to celebrate Archaeology week.

She presented results from her James Cook Fellowship:  ‘Aunt Haysl and the Hay’s Roof’.  The Hay’s roof was located on the current Te Pae site.