Pioneer, writer, and the first Pākehā woman to climb Mt Taranaki.
Jane Atkinson
Personal details
Full Name:
Jane Maria Atkinson
Lifetime:
15 Sep 1824 – 29 Sep 1914
Biography
Main image: Jane Maria Atkinson
Jame Maria Richmond (later Atkinson), with sewing basket and needle, and her mother Maria Richmond. Photograph taken by Byrne Richmond in London, about 1852, before they left for New Zealand.