Obituary: Angela Ballara, historian with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge
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Obituary: Angela Ballara, historian with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge
Category: Other
Title | Obituary: Angela Ballara, historian with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge |
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Author | Bess Manson |
Year | 2021 |
Publication | Stuff National |
Publisher | Stuff |
Language | English |
Geographic reference | Wellington |
Time reference | 1944-2021 |
Online resource | YES |
Topic | Obituary |
Heather Angela Ballara (née Devitt; 16 August 1944 – 17 September 2021) was a New Zealand historian who specialised in Māori history. Her obituary is included in this archive as she was the wife of Italian diplomat Bruno Ballara, and includes photos of Angela with Bruno and their 6 children, plus a photo of Angela Ballara with fellow recipients of Italian Knighthoods from ambassador Roberto Palmieri. Bruno author of Presenza italiana in Nuova Zelanda and 1927-2002: Papers relating to Italian immigration to New Zealand.