Story: Farm buildings

Cricklewood homestead

Cricklewood homestead

Cricklewood was the site of the first homestead on Albury Station in South Canterbury. James Preston’s watercolour from around 1875 shows the homestead sheltered by young pine trees. A woolshed and barn are in the foreground. Further away are dog kennels, and near them a gallows for hanging sheep carcasses killed for mutton and dog tucker.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-123-004
Watercolour by James Preston

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Robert Peden, 'Farm buildings - Uses and materials', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/18479/cricklewood-homestead (accessed 18 April 2024)

Story by Robert Peden, published 24 Nov 2008