Congratulations to Dr. Aoife Nugent on the completion of her doctoral thesis, 'From Slavery to a Swan River Settlement: Three Family Histories in the Indian Ocean, 1770 – 1850'.
Aoife’s research investigates the histories of British families who sought new opportunities in the Swan River Colony, exploring how the legacies of British slavery and the global Indian Ocean world shaped trade and labour in early Western Australia. By tracing the lives of three influential families with ties to the East India Company, Aoife highlights how shifting imperial ambitions brought transformative changes to commerce and settlement in the region.
