Julia Bradshaw 

Traces the migrations and relationship dynamics of several representative women to provide more information about the motives and lives of so-called disreputable women. Provides a more rounded view of the mixed fortunes of women who have typically been viewed one-dimensionally.

Bradshaw, J. 2016. ‘Forgetting Their Place’: Women of abandoned character on the Otago goldfields. Rushing for Gold; Life and Commerce on the Goldfields of New Zealand and Australia, edited by Lloyd Carpenter & Lyndon Fraser, Otago University Press, Dunedin.

An annotated and illustrated new edition of the original book published in 1914 to commemorate 100 years since the discovery of a payable goldfield. Containing more than 180 new illustrations from Hokitika Museum and descendants and published to commemorate the 150^th anniversary of the discovery.

Bradshaw J, editor. 2014. The Digger’s Story – Accounts of the West Coast Gold Rushes. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.

The moving story of the Chinese who came to the West Coast during the gold-rush. The book records their experiences and the unique contribution they made as goldminers, merchants, cooks, market gardeners and missionaries to the development of the West Coast.

Bradshaw J. 2009. Golden Prospects, Chinese on the West Coast of New Zealand. Greymouth: West Coast Historical & Mechanical Society Inc.

During his lifetime Davey Gunn, who was “made of horseshoe nails and whipcord”, became known as a backcountry hero for his 20-hour journey to raise the alarm after a fatal plane crash at Big Bay in 1936. This biography details his struggles to raise cattle in remote country and his development of tourism in the Hollyford Valley.

Bradshaw J. 2007. The Land of Doing Without, Davey Gunn of the Hollyford. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.

Based on oral histories with residents who tell their stories about life in a remote part of South Westland which had no road connection until 1960. After a failed planned settlement in 1874 those that remained lived a pioneering life while elsewhere in the country people went to movies, listened to the radio and drove cars.

Bradshaw J. 2001. The Far Downers, The People and History of Haast and Jackson Bay. Dunedin: Otago University Press.

An introduction to the town, its history and natural history and descriptions of local walks.

Bradshaw J. 2001. Arrowtown: History & Walks. Dunedin: Otago University Press.

Recounts the fascinating history of mining scheelite in the mountains near Glenorchy and the significance of the ore during major world wars. Based on oral histories undertaken with miners and their descendants and archival sources. The mines have since become part of the Whakaari Conservation Area managed by the Department of Conservation.

Bradshaw J. 1997. Miners in the Clouds, A Hundred Years of Scheelite Mining at Glenorchy. Arrowtown: Lakes District Museum.

This article provides details of the physical properties of tangiwai (takiwai), summarises details of its recovery and examines its availability, particularly during the post-contact period. The exploits of the Milford Sound Greenstone Company are detailed along with photographs of the Museum’s collection of tangiwai taonga.

Bradshaw J. 2022. Tangiwai at Piopiotahi: An account of its history and use. Records of the Canterbury Museum 36: 5–27.

One of the many lasting legacies of geologist Sir Julius von Haast is the pass and river in southern New Zealand which he named after himself. This article explores use of the pass by Māori and the competing claims by Haast and Charles Cameron that they were the first Europeans to cross it in 1863.

Bradshaw J. 2022. “never anybody has been in that part of the country”: Contextualising Haast’s Journey over Tioroipātea. Canterbury Museum Bulletin 11: 27–46.

The first large-scale export of unworked nephrite (pounamu or greenstone) from New Zealand occurred during the early 1840s when pounamu was taken from the southern end of Te Tai o Poutini, the West Coast of the South Island, to China. This article provides details of the recovery process and of the people involved.

Bradshaw J. 2021. Pounamu speculation in 1840s New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 35: 177–198.

This article evaluates cross-cultural relationships that occurred during the first 50 years of Chinese residence in the district. There were more than 50 Chinese-European marriages in the district during this time and at least as many de facto relationships. This article provides information on the success or failure of these relationships and shares insights into how “marrying out” of your culture affected the lives of the people involved.

Bradshaw J. 2021. ‘A disgraceful affair’, Chinese–European relationships in Otago and Southland to 1910. New Zealand Journal of History 55(2): 62–87.

Canterbury Museum houses a small but varied collection of memorial jewellery from the nineteenth century. This article offers a description of these mementos and discusses their place in mourning practices of the time.

Fraser L, Bradshaw J. 2020. Any relic of the dead is precious: Nineteenth-century memorial jewellery at Canterbury Museum. Records of the Canterbury Museum 34: 63–84.

Canterbury Museum holds two rare examples of kupenga (nets) used to catch freshwater fish in Te Wai Pounamu. This paper places the kupenga in context, gives details of the fish harvested and demonstrates that traditional fishing technology is the source of techniques used in modern day whitebaiting.

Fyfe R, Bradshaw J. 2020. A review of the role of diadromous ikawai (freshwater fish) in the Māori economy and culture of Te Wai Pounamu (South Island), Aotearoa New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 34: 35–55.

Quiet bigamies, those that never became public knowledge, lurk in the background of many colonial families. Drawing on cases discovered while researching the lives of women on New Zealand’s goldfields, this paper provides information on the circumstances involved, attitudes to bigamy and the effect of bigamous marriages on the individuals concerned.

Bradshaw JE. 2023. Quiet Bigamy on New Zealand’s Goldfields. Bigamy Across Borders: Paths, Patterns, Connections, 20–21 July 2023, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Public records have informed our knowledge of the practice of bigamy but how representative are these records? It has been suggested that quiet bigamies, those that never became public knowledge, lurk in the background of many colonial families. This paper examines occurrences of quiet bigamy and provides information on the circumstances involved and attitudes to bigamous marriages.

Bradshaw J. 2023. “A very common crime”: Bigamy on New Zealand’s Goldfields. Women’s and Gender Histories in 2020s Aotearoa Workshop 21–22 February. Auckland.

One of the many lasting legacies of geologist Sir Julius von Haast is the pass and river in southern New Zealand which he named after himself. This paper explores use of the pass by Māori and the competing claims by Haast and Charles Cameron that they were the first Europeans to cross it in 1863.

Bradshaw J. 2022. “never anybody has been in that part of the country”: Contextualising Haast’s journey over Tioripātea (Haast Pass). Haast Symposium, 31 April–1 May. Canterbury Museum, Christchurch.

This venture is likely to be the first sizeable export of New Zealand minerals by Europeans and combined the skills and knowledge of local Māori and newly resident Pākehā mariners with capital from Sydney. The speculation was the first European experience with raw pounamu and arguably marks the beginning of the colonisation of pounamu by Pākehā.

Bradshaw J. 2021. An 1840s pounamu speculation in New Zealand. New Zealand Historical Association Conference, 25 November. Online.

This paper detailed the results of on-going research into Chinese-European marriages during the late 1800s and provided details of the occurrences by province, describes known examples and explores the impact of these marriages on the individuals involved.

Bradshaw J. 2019. Marrying Out: Exploring the stories of Chinese-European relationships in Aotearoa. Dragon Tails 6th Australasian conference on Chinese diaspora & heritage, 20-23 November. Victoria University, Wellington.

January 1869 marked the dawning of the divorce era with New Zealand’s first petition for divorce being heard at Dunedin’s Supreme Court. This paper explores the process involved for those seeking to end their marriage and shares details about the petitions made in 1869. The personal stories behind these cases provide rare insights into the domestic lives of those involved and can tell us much about the pitfalls of married life and attitudes to adultery and domestic violence during the late 1800s.

Bradshaw J. 2019. Untying the knot: New Zealand’s first separation and divorce cases. 1869 Conference and Heritage Festival, 25-29 September. University of Otago, Dunedin.

Small in number but of great interest because of the challenges faced, Chinese-European marriages in New Zealand remain a relatively unexplored cross-cultural story. Well-known examples are unlikely to be representative and little is known of the marriages and de facto relationships between less illustrious citizens. Drawing on new research and the work of family historians this paper will explore the stories of individual families and discuss preliminary findings.

Bradshaw J. 2019. Marrying Out: Chinese-European relationships in New Zealand. PHANZA Conference, 13-14 April. Massey University, Wellington.

The goldfields provided a chance for people to reinvent themselves, an opportunity that many women used to escape undesirable legal and social restrictions. This paper explores the story of some inventive women and shares stories of divorce and bigamy.

Bradshaw J. 2018. Adjustable Marriages: Relationships, Divorce and Bigamy on the Goldfields. Echoes of Our Past, Conference of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 1–4 June. Christchurch.

Part of a panel session where speakers reflected on being a Director: what they wish they knew before they started, advice to aspiring Directors and encouragement for existing Directors.

Bradshaw J. 2018. What Makes a Good Director? Museums Aotearoa Conference, 20–23 May 2018. Christchurch.