Story: Beef farming
This drawing, done by John Pearse on board the Canterbury Association ship Duke of Portland in 1851, illustrates the close association of livestock and passengers on the long voyage to New Zealand. Here passengers sit on the cow box on deck while the cow within peers out.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: E-455-f-013
Ink and wash drawing by John Pearse
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
