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Boys with nets (2nd of 2)

Boys with nets

On an island in the Hokitika River in 1932, these boys pose with their homemade scoop nets. They are, from left, John Cameron, Jack Harding, Neoly Saxon and Jock Tulloch. Catching whitebait offered anyone a chance to get some income.

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West Coast Historical Museum
Reference: Auckland Weekly News, 31 August 1932, p. 38

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Simon Nathan. 'West Coast region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Dec-10
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