Story: Farm buildings

Do-it-yourself implement shed, 1948

Do-it-yourself implement shed, 1948

This implement shed, in the East Limehills area, Southland, has been built from the materials at hand. Bog pine roots removed from paddocks have been stacked to make the outside walls. The roof has been thatched with threshed straw.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AANR 6329 7 DA29,976

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Robert Peden, 'Farm buildings - Modern buildings', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/18521/do-it-yourself-implement-shed-1948 (accessed 3 May 2024)

Story by Robert Peden, published 24 Nov 2008