then she was in her mid-sixties. Humphries, described as a householder, stood sureties for his wife. The charge against Badger was dismissed. Thomas Humphries died on 25 December 1843 and was buried two days later at St Mathews in Windsor at the age 92. Badger's eventual fate is unknown. No record of her death has been located as yet. Mythology and popular culture The story of Badger's involvement in the mutiny on the Venus grew from the public notice in the Sydney Gazette in 1806 which implied she was one of the mutineers. However, Captain Chace of the Venus did not identify her as such in his newspaper account, which is the only contemporary record of the mutiny that survives. In 1895, "Old Colonial Story" in the Sydney Evening News provided a highly fictionalised story about Charlotte Badger. The author "Te Matan" was later revealed to be the author Louis Becke. In 1937, Roy Alexander, further embellished the myth of Badger as pirate in the Sydney Morning Herald, under the headline "Australia's Only Woman Pirate". These writers created the fiction - unsupported by any contemporary evidence - that Badger had led the mutiny on the Venus, stole its supplies and led her shipmates to New Zealand's Bay of Islands. The myth of Charlotte Badger has provided the basis for several accounts within popular culture. She was the subject of a 2002 historical fiction novel Charlotte Badger - Buccaneer by author Angela Badger. This story was later transformed into a 2008 play by Euan Rose. New Zealand playwright Lorae Parry included Charlotte Badger in her play Vagabonds. In January 2013, Jack Hayter released Charlotte Badger on Audio Antihero records. A podcast, Black Sheep - Pirate Mystery: the story of Charlotte Badger, was produced by Radio New Zealand in 2018. Catharine Hegarty Prior to the mutiny on the Venus, former convict Catharine Hegarty had returned to England from New South Wales with a pardon in 1800. As well as appearing in the public notice about the mutiny, her presence on the Venus in 1806 was cited by Captain Chace in his report in the Sydney Gazette. Venus and the mutineers It was reported by Captain James Birnie of the Commerce in Sydney in 1807 that mutineers Kelly and Lancashire had been captured in the Bay of Islands though there is no further evidence to support this. Various claims have been made about