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Canterbury haystacks

Canterbury haystacks

The English farmed New Zealand land in ways familiar to them. In this photograph, taken about 1915, two men stand on a ploughed field in front of English-style haystacks.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, The Press (Christchurch) Collection (PAColl-3031)
Reference: 1/1-008341-G

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Terry Hearn, 'English - Transforming the landscape', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/1954/canterbury-haystacks (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Terry Hearn, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015