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Biography: Harper, Arthur Paul

Charles Edward Douglas and Arthur Paul Harper

Charles Edward Douglas and Arthur Paul Harper
Veteran explorer C. E. Douglas (left) was joined by A. P. Harper in charting remote parts of the West Coast for the Department of Lands and Survey from 1893. They and dog Betsey Jane rest briefly in the Cook River Valley in 1894.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: PAColl-5926-02

Photograph by Arthur Paul Harper

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Graham Langton. 'Harper, Arthur Paul', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/108/charles-edward-douglas-and-arthur-paul-harper-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).