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Biography: Davidson, Mavis Melville

Mavis Davidson

Mavis Davidson as a young woman, standing in profile on a snow-covered slope, holding skis and ski-poles.

Tramper, mountaineer and scientist Mavis Davidson at Dennan Peak, Tararua Range, c.1930s–40s.

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Tararua Tramping Club

Reference: Mavis Davidson album, 1938–1948, TTC Collection, No.44

by Frank Fitzgerald

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Rebekah White. 'Davidson, Mavis Melville', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47640/mavis-davidson (accessed 25 June 2026).