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Charlotte Badger, Australia’s only female pirate (but was she actually a pirate?)

Popular culture records Charlotte Badger as Australia’s only female pirate. According to one tale, under the captaincy of Badger –

The Venus became the terror of Bass Strait. Frightful atrocities were committed; ships were captured, plundered and sunk.

Elvie Williams, Australian Woman’s Mirror

But was Charlotte Badger actually a pirate?

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