Judith Binney

Judith Mary Caroline Binney, DNZM, ( born 1940 in New South Wales, Australia, † February 15, 2011 in Auckland ) was a New Zealand historian and from 2004 professor at the University of Auckland.

Life and work

Binney was born in 1940 in Australia, in 1947 came with her parents to New Zealand and studied at the University of Auckland, where she graduated in 1965 also made ​​in history. From 1966 to 2004 she worked as a lecturer at the History Department of the University. She was an adjunct professor until 1996 and was appointed full professor with a fixed chair in 1997.

Binney's first book was written in 1968 from her doctoral work out. It was a biography of Thomas Kendall (see plants), an early Anglican missionary who went on behalf of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand, made ​​friends with the warlord Hongi Hika, in the arms trade with muskets (see Musketenkriege ) entangled and after adultery with a 17 -year-old Māori was eventually dismissed by the Church Missionary Society.

It was followed by other works and publications on the history of New Zealand.

Binney was approached in December 2009 in Auckland by a truck and suffered serious head injuries from which they, however, slowly recovered. She died at the age of 70 on February 15, 2011 in Auckland.

Awards

On December 31, 2005, she was honored for her achievements in the New Zealand historical research with the DNZM Lady Companion New Zealand Order of Merit.

Binney is a member of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Board, may count itself among the Guardians of the Alexander Turnbull Library and was a member of the Te Papa Tongarewa Board.

Works

As author

  • Judith Binney: The Legacy of Guilt - A Life of Thomas Kendall. Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press, Auckland 1968, ISBN 1-877242-33-0 (second publishing in 2005 with Bridget Williams Books, Wellington ).
  • Judith Binney: Nga Morehu - The Survivors: The Life Histories of Eight Maori Women. Auckland University Press, Auckland 1968, ISBN 1-86940-147-6.
  • Judith Binney: Redemption Songs: A Life of Te Kooti Te Arikirangi Turuki. Auckland University Press / Bridget Williams Books, Auckland / Wellington 1995.
  • Judith Binney: Untold Lives: When the Elders Tell Their Stories. In: Hocken Lecture. 2, 2007, Hocken Collections University of Otago, Dunedin 2008, ISBN 978-1-877486-01-2.
  • Judith Binney: Te Kerikeri 1770-1850: The Meeting Pool. Bridget Williams Books, Wellington 2007, ISBN 978-1-877242-38-0.
  • Judith Binney: Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820-1921. Bridget Williams Books, Wellington 2009, ISBN 978-1-877242-44-1.
  • Judith Binney: Stories without End: Essays 1975-2010. Bridget Williams Books, Wellington 2010, ISBN 978-1-877242-47-2.

As co-author

  • Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin, Craig Wallace: Mihaia: The Prophet Rua Kenana and His Community at Maungapohatu. Auckland University Press, Auckland 1979, ISBN 1-86940-148-4.
  • Judith Bassett, Judith Binney, Erik Olssen: The People and the Land / Te Tangata me te Whenua: An Illustrated History of New Zealand from 1820 to 1920. Allen & Unwin, 1993, ISBN 0-04-614013-1.

, as Issuer

  • Judith Binney (ed.): The Shaping of History: Essays from the New Zealand Journal of History, 1967-1999. Bridget Williams Books, Wellington 2001, ISBN 1-877242-17-9 (22 essays by various authors - (1 ) Judith Binney, (2) Tipene O'Regan, (3) JGA Pocock, (4) Claudia Orange ( 5) Angela Ballara, Wahine Rangatira, (6 ) RM Ross, ( 7) Alan Ward ( 8) Vincent O'Malley, (9 ) James Holt, (10 ) Tom Brooking (11 ) Raewyn Dalziel, (12 ) Barbara Brookes, ( 13) Dean Wilson (14 ) Miles Fairburn, (15 ) RCJ Stone, (16), Duncan Mackay, (17 ) Caroline Daley, (18 ) PSO'Connor, ( 19) Ann Trotter, (20 ) Jock Phillips, ( 21) Erik Olssen, (22 ) James Belich ).
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