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Haurongo: Mackay, Catherine Julia

Katrine Mackay

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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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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-3457

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

Janet McCallum. 'Mackay, Catherine Julia', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/673/katrine-mackay (accessed 24 June 2026).