Mary Ursula Crowther (1869-1958)
A DigitalNZ Story by Dawn Chambers
Lifetime resident of Wainuiomata
A booklet titled "Mary Crowther of Brookfield" by Vicky Alexander (1993) is available at the Wainuiomata Museum
Mary outside her Moore's Valley home, Wainuiomata
Evening Post Photo June 1956
Alexander Turnbull Library
Mary's home, Moore's Valley
Evening Post Photo June 1956
Alexander Turnbull Library
Dedication: To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of Mary Crowther donor of this land died 1958 aged 88
Evening Post Photo 15 June 1959
Alexander Turnbull Library
A new open air Chapel in the Bush at 'Brookfield' erected by the Rovers
Evening Post Photo 15 June 1959
Alexander Turnbull Library
Mary Crowther's home is just visible as a white area to the right of the middle foreground
Harry Jackson Todd Photo October 1961
Alexander Turnbull Library
Noah's Ark Toy Set
Brought to New Zealand by the Crowther family who settled in Moores Valley, Wainuiomata in the 1860s
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Mary Crowther's Poetry and Natural Philosophy Exercise Books
Miss Mary Greenwood's School, The Terrace, Wellington 1884
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa