Robina Nicol (née Sinclair, 7 June 1861 – 17 July 1942) was a New Zealand photographer and suffragist.

Life

Nicol née Sinclair was born on 7 June 1861 in

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, Scotland. Her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. In 1885 she married Alexander Scott Nicol in Wellington, New Zealand. Nicol was a photographer, capturing images of local people and places, especially many images of her family. Although considered an "amateur" because she did not pursue a career in photography, she was active in a time when there were few women photographers in New Zealand. Her photographs were digitised by the

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. Nichol was a signer of the

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which ultimately won women the right to vote. Nichol died on 17 July 1942 in

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References

Amy Kirk, Sarah Jane Kirk, and Robina Nicol seated in a garden (cropped)

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The Ghostly World of Robina Nicol

Turnbull archival collection

Life

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