Case 1 - Keedwell Sisters

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The New Zealand Bread Book. Wellington: Reed, 1981.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The New Zealand Bread Book. Wellington: Reed, 1981.

Three sisters who attended Otago Girls’ High School during the 1950s-60s are the Keedwell sisters: Mary (1954-57), Nancy (1956-59), and Helen Keedwell (1958-62).

All three sisters went on to become published authors under their married names. Mary Browne is an author of popular cookery books, Nancy Tichborne is a noted watercolour artist, and youngest sister Helen Leach is a prominent anthropologist whose research has a culinary focus.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The New Zealand Bread Book. Wellington: Reed, 1981.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The New Zealand Bread Book. Wellington: Reed, 1981.
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Helen Leach, with illustrations by Nancy Tichborne. 1,000 Years of Gardening in New Zealand. Wellington: Reed, 1984.

Helen Leach, with illustrations by Nancy Tichborne. 1,000 Years of Gardening in New Zealand. Wellington: Reed, 1984.

Helen Leach, with illustrations by Nancy Tichborne. 1,000 Years of Gardening in New Zealand. Wellington: Reed, 1984.

Helen Leach, with illustrations by Nancy Tichborne. 1,000 Years of Gardening in New Zealand. Wellington: Reed, 1984.
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Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Wellington: Reed, 1980.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Wellington: Reed, 1980.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Wellington: Reed, 1980.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Wellington: Reed, 1980.
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Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. More from the Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1987.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. More from the Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1987.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. More from the Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1987.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. More from the Cook's Garden: for Cooks who Garden and Gardeners who Cook. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1987.
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Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook’s Herb Garden. Auckland: Godwit, 2001.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook’s Herb Garden. Auckland: Godwit, 2001.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook’s Herb Garden. Auckland: Godwit, 2001.

Mary Browne, Helen Leach and Nancy Tichborne. The Cook’s Herb Garden. Auckland: Godwit, 2001.
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