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Biography: Ferner, Ellen Elizabeth

Nellie Ferner at Normanhurst studio

Woman holding paint brush in front of easel inside room with paintings hung on the wall opposite her

Nellie Ferner painting inside her Normanhurst studio in Auckland, circa 1900s.

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Museum of Transport and Technology, Walsh Memorial Library

Reference: PHO-2023-110.082

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Bronwyn Dalley. 'Ferner, Ellen Elizabeth', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47962/nellie-ferner-normanhurst-studio (accessed 4 June 2026).