Emily Acland
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Emily Weddell Acland was a pioneer settler in New Zealand and a watercolour artist. She remains a prominent figure in colonial New Zealand history for questioning gender roles within domestic settings
Standing from left: Lucy, Harriet and Emily; sitting: Bessie, John and Rosa (1890)
George Harper (lawyer)
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Sir George Harper was an English-born New Zealand lawyer. From a large family, he was a son of the inaugural bishop of Christchurch, Henry Harper, and he arrived in Christchurch in 1858 at age 15, two
Harper in the 1920s
Portrait of Harper painted by Archibald Nicoll in 1932