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The people in the dugout canoe are probably Mr and Mrs W L Luxford and their daughter, while the people on the bank are Septuagesima Shailer (wife of G W Shailer, photographer) and probably two of the Shailer children, of Palmerston North. Awapuni Lagoon was one of 5 original lagoons in Palmerston North when pakeha first settled. It was drained for settlement of the land.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Awa 2
Date
circa 1890
Digitisation ID
2007N_Awa2_A-E_0297
Held In
"Coolstore"

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boat,
children,
fun,
photographs,
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