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Charles John Monro (1851-1933) was a local businessman. He built 'Craiglockhart' 1889-1890, on Riverbank Road, Fitzherbert West where he lived with his wife, Helena, and 5 children. The family sold 'Craiglockhart' to Massey Agricultural College in 1944. The children, pictured in the orchard on the Turitea river flat (where Grasslands Division of the DSIR was later located) are, from left: Linda, Mary and Hector (Peter) Monro.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pi 116
Date
circa 1900
Digitisation ID
2007N_Pi116_PEO_0355
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Tags
leisure,
people,
photographs,
play,
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Related items

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Monro children in Turitea Stream
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