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Haurongo: 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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Tararua Tramping Club

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

by Frank Fitzgerald

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rebekah White. 'Davidson, Mavis Melville', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47640/mavis-davidson (accessed 25 June 2026).