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Burning, Pukatore Station (1st of 3)

Burning, Pukatore Station

Clouds of smoke billow from forest on Pukatore Station on the East Coast, in the early 1900s. In the foreground, near the farmhouse, are trees destroyed by an earlier burn.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Frederick Ashby Hargreaves Collection (PAColl-3047)
Reference: 1/2-032845; F
Photograph by Frederick Ashby Hargreaves

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.

How to cite this page:

Robert Peden. 'Fire and agriculture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/fire-and-agriculture/3/2/1