Nan Broad

Nan Broad

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Nan Broad is a Geraldton-based historian and author who has dedicated the past six years to transcribing and decoding Major Logue's diaries. Her work aims to prepare these crucial historical documents for publication, shedding light on the violent past of colonial settlers in Western Australia. Broad's efforts are part of a larger movement to confront and acknowledge the uncomfortable truths of Australia's frontier history.

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Nan Broad says to protect the person who holds the diaries they felt it was expedient to not have that in writing.

These brothers grew up revering their great-uncle Bill. Then the full story came out | Frontier wars
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-03
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Nan Broad has spent the past six years transcribing and decoding Logue’s diaries.

The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities | Frontier wars
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-03
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