Story: Acclimatisation
Dogs were essential for early musterers, helping them to control sheep on unfenced tussocklands. Packs of dogs – often cross-breeds of kurī (Polynesian dogs) and European dogs – also ran wild in the bush, killing many ground birds.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-155-010
Watercolour by Edward Immyns Abbot
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