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Story: Rural clothing

Farmer fencing

Farmer fencing

A Māori farmer erects a fence in the North Island in August 1965. He is wearing the classic green Swanndri – a woollen jacket that is pulled over the head, and has a lace-up front and a hood.

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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand
Reference: Ci572jRbt.jpg
Photograph by G. R. Roberts

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Bronwyn Labrum. 'Rural clothing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
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