The photograph was captioned “Bullocks ploughing new land on the banks of the Manawatu River”. It is thought to have been in the vicinity of Linton, where there were extensive areas of swamp forming part of the huge Makerua Swamp.

Ploughing swamp land
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2011N_Plg3_006184
- Title
- Ploughing swamp land
- Held In
- Coolstore
- Original held in
- Public Photograph Collection Plg 3
- Date
- 1913
Creation
- Created By
- T H Whetton
- Place
- Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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