Pioneer Cottage & Barn

The 70 Mile Bush covered a large area of Lower North Island. It was settled by an Assisted migration scheme for Scandinavian settlers who found their land purchase did not match up with the description. There was no going back. With axe and saw they felled native bush and turned it into farmland. It was a very hard life. I am lucky to have found this cottage with barn which offers a glimpse of a settler's life in the 1870's in Wairarapa.

Photographer:
lomodesbro
Uploaded:
2017-05-28
Tags:
bush colonial settlement saw milling scandinavian migration
Camera:
Yashica 635
Film:
Ilford FP4+ ISO 125
Lens:
Yashikor 80mm F3.5
City:
featherston
Country/region:
New Zealand
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