Mesopotamia Station, shown here in 1871, became famous the following year as the initial setting of Samuel Butler’s novel Erewhon. Butler had owned the station between 1860 and 1863.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)
Reference:
MNZ-0386-1/4-F
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