THE MISTY ISLE

By N.A.R. Barrer

Hardback published by Estate of N.A.R. Barrer & printed by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Christchurch 1966 1st Edition

209 pages with b/w (historical) photos

Book in Very Good condition. Tight and clean.

Dust Jacket has a little fray at top of spine.

Nina Barrer was born in 1879 & records her early life in Picton, Marlborough Sounds in the early 20th Century along with history of her family and the settlement. Her father a former sheepfarmer and public servant, John Greensill had gone into business selling the products of local farmers and whalers which also included a period as mayor of Picton .

Follows her through student days at Picton, Wellington & then to Canterbury College where she went on to graduate MA with first-class honours in natural science in 1902.

She spent 1902 as an assistant teacher at Hukarere Native Girls School in Napier and was then appointed scholastic head mistress at Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls in Parnell, which opened in May 1903. Married in 1904 & then living in Wellington for a few years she moved to Wairarapa, where she spent the rest of her life involved in many organisations.

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