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Biography: Wohlers, Eliza and Wohlers, Johann Friedrich Heinrich

Eliza Wohlers, about 1877

Eliza Wohlers in a hat, scarf, coat and gloves, standing beside a chair in a photographer's studio..

Eliza Wohlers brought to her missionary work on Ruapuke Island 'the courage of a Rebecca…and the mind of a Martha'.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-066198; F

Photograph by London Portrait Rooms Dunedin

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.

How to cite this page

Sheila Natusch. 'Wohlers, Eliza and Wohlers, Johann Friedrich Heinrich', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated October 2017. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2167/eliza-wohlers-about-1877 (accessed 4 June 2026).