Aoife Nugent is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia and a lawyer for the Aboriginal Legal Service WA. She is currently researching the contributions of three imperial families (the Prinsep, Mangles and Stirling families) to the development of trade, commerce and labour in Swan River Colony between 1829 and 1850, in view of their connections and investments in British slavery from the eighteenth century onwards.
Aoife Nugent
University of Western Australia
WALBS Project Position PhD Student, Website Coordinator