Congratulations to History Australia’s Kate Fullagar, recipient of the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship. Kate is writing a biography of Marguerite Wolters, a Dutch woman who was a spy mistress to empires and revolutionists in the 18th century, and whose activities contributed to the decision of the British to establish a penal colony in NSW. Kate was intrigued when she came across Marguerite Wolters while researching her biography of Bennelong and Phillip. This inspired her to find out more and write about this mysterious and unusual woman who was so influential in British colonial history. The judging panel called this a ‘potentially paradigm-shifting’ study of an ‘unusual Dutch woman’ and her influence on British colonialism. Congratulations Kate!