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Maggie Papakura, 1908

Maggie Papakura, 1908

Gifted with intelligence and charm, Margaret Pattison Thom gained international renown as a New Zealand tourist guide and promoter of Māori culture. Popularly known as Mākereti (or Maggie) Papakura, she was born in 1873 at Matatā in the North Island’s Bay of Plenty. In 1926 she enrolled at the University of Oxford to study for a Bachelor of Science in anthropology, but on 16 April 1930, just two weeks before her thesis was due, she died suddenly from a ruptured aortic artery. Mākereti’s thesis, published eight years later, is the first extensive ethnographic work by a Māori scholar. This autographed photo was taken in 1908 on one of her many trips to Australia.

by unknown photographer

transferred from P1/Papakura, 2010

P1/1294

On display at State Library of NSW free photographic exhibition www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/shot

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