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Biography: Mackay, Catherine Julia

Katrine Mackay

Katrine Mackay

After being deserted by her husband in 1902, Katrine Mackay made a living for herself and her two children as a journalist and (for a time) a cook.

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Janet McCallum. 'Mackay, Catherine Julia', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/673/katrine-mackay (accessed 23 June 2026).