Elizabeth Isabella Throsby was an Australian survivor of the 1809 Boyd massacre.
Portrait of Throsby by Richard Read, 1814
The Blowing Up of the Boyd by Louis John Steele, 1889
Detail of the portrait
Throsby in her later years
The Boyd massacre occurred in December 1809 when Māori of Ngāti Pou from Whangaroa Harbour in northern New Zealand killed and ate between 66 and 70 European crew members from the British brigantine ship Boyd. This was the highest number of Europeans killed by Māori in a single event in New Zealand.
The Blowing Up of the Boyd by Louis John Steele, 1889
Portrait of Elizabeth "Betsey" Broughton, painted in Sydney in 1814 by convict artist Richard Read Sr., National Library of Australia