[Self portrait of Margaret Matilda White, attendant of the Avondale Lunatic Asylum]

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[Self portrait of Margaret Matilda White, attendant of the Avondale Lunatic Asylum]

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Collection

Auckland Museum Collections

Description

Self portrait of Margaret Matilda White whilst she was working as an attendant/nurse at Avondale Lunatic Asylum. Avondale Lunatic Asylum ca. 1895. Also known as the Whau Lunatic Asylum (ca.1867); Auckland Lunatic Asylum/Auckland Provincial Lunatic Asylum (from 1851-1878); Avondale Mental Hospital (from 1905-); Oakley Hospital (to 1973) and Carrington Hospital. Currently the buildings used for Unitec Institute of Technology. Changes in name and function were due to The Mental Defectives Act 1...

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Image

Date created

Circa 1895

Creator

Margaret White

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Locations

Mount Albert / Auckland / New Zealand

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Avondale (Auckland, N.Z.)--History / Mount Albert (Auckland, N.Z.) / Auckland (N.Z.)--Buildings, structures, etc. / Irish--New Zealand / Uniforms / Hats / Photographers--New Zealand / Women photographers--New Zealand / Artists--Portraits--New Zealand / Portrait photography / Mental Institutions--New Zealand--Auckland--Avondale / Nursing--New Zealand--Auckland--History / Margaret Matilda White

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