Londoners take up a bush farm

Production date
1930s
Description
Written by Herbert Baxter, son of Richard Baxter, a settler on Otaroa Road, Tarata. In the form of a reminiscence, the essay describes the development of a farm in the 1890's from the selection of land to the clearing of bush. He gives a detailed description of pit sawing. This information was used by Sir James Elliott as background in his novel 'The Hundred Years' published in 1939.

Object detail

Artist/Maker

Herbert Wilson Baxter

Production role

Creator

Production date

1930s

Subject person

Herbert Wilson Baxter

Item list

Part 1

Photocopy.(15p.)

Accession number

ARC2009-205

Collection type

My shortlist

Subject place

Tarata Taranaki New Zealand Polynesia Oceania North Island

Subject

Farming Agriculture, fishing and forestry Land preparation Family activities Entertainment and recreation

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