Biography: Bethell, Marmaduke and Bethell, Thyra Talvase

Marmaduke Bethell and Thyra Talvase Bethell

North Canterbury landed gentry Marmaduke Bethell and his wife, Thyra Talvase Bethell, admire a field of daffodils on their estate, Pahau Pastures, near Culverden, in November 1954.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

Reference: PAColl-6203-53

Photograph by William George Weigel

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W. J. Gardner. 'Bethell, Marmaduke and Bethell, Thyra Talvase', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/242/marmaduke-bethell-and-thyra-talvase-bethell (accessed 24 June 2026).