More Info →John Hillary

Description

John Hillary was the ferryman at Foxton from 1875–1876 into the 1880s. By 1883-1884 he is listed as having no occupation, and was perhaps retired. The rear of the photograph reads “Colonial Exhibition Award, Wellington, 1885".

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Fo 29

Date

circa 1880 to circa 1890

Digitisation ID

2011N_Fo29_004809

Held In

"Coolstore"