Charlotte Badger | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Baptised | 31 July 1778 |
| Died | after 1843 |
| Criminal charge | Housebreaking |
| Criminal penalty | Seven years' transportation to New South Wales |
| Parent(s) | Thomas and Ann Badger |
| Piratical career | |
| Type | Pirate myth |
| Base of operations | New South Wales |
Charlotte Badger (1778 to after 1843) was a former convict who was on board the Venus during a mutiny in Tasmania in 1806. Taken to New Zealand, she was rescued by Captain Turnbull of the Indispensible, and eventually she returned to Sydney. In the intervening centuries, a number of writers have contributed to the fiction that she took an active role in the mutiny and she became known – erroneously – as Australia's first female pirate.