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Haurongo: Chaffey, Annie Selina rāua ko Chaffey, Henry Fox

Henry Fox Chaffey and Annie Selina Chaffey

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Henry Fox Chaffey and Annie Selina Chaffey
Time stood still for Henry and Annie Chaffey, who from 1913 lived a reclusive life in the mountains of remote north-west Nelson. This photograph from around 1945 shows them standing outside their home, Asbestos Cottage, still wearing the style of clothes fashionable when they turned their backs on society many years before.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-092157; F

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carol Markwell. 'Chaffey, Annie Selina rāua ko Chaffey, Henry Fox', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/340/henry-fox-chaffey-and-annie-selina-chaffey (accessed 4 June 2026).