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Elizabeth Cook: Souvenirs of a life

Where
State Library of NSW
State Library of NSW
Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Maps Room, First Floor Mitchell Building
When

Wednesday 15 February 2023 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm

Curator Margot Riley takes a look back on the imagined world of Elizabeth Cook, wife of circumnavigator James Cook.

Like many naval wives in the eighteenth century, Elizabeth endured years of uncertainty awaiting the return of her husband, followed by long decades of widowhood.

View relics from the Library’s collection and explore their contested connections to the life of this fascinating woman.

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