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Description

'Cluny Park' was originally built by the Hobner Brothers for William Manson, near Palmerston North. The Looman family bought the property in 1959. The old barn and stables, built c1897, is set to the rear of the property, with a puncheon floor made of local Totara blocks. It was still standing in 1973 on Mrs Looman's poultry farm.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Buf 5
Date
1971
Digitisation ID
2009P_Buf5_RTL_2688
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
agriculture,
building,
horses,
rural,
rural towns and life,
stable,
Community Tags
historic places trust,

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'Cluny Park' farm barn, Rangitikei Line
Bullock Team, Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
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Derelict pioneer home, Bunnythorpe
Saddlers, Foxton
Horses in Paddock
Hobbs brothers' apiary
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Horse-drawn wagon
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