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
Creation
- Created By
- T H Whetton
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- 1913
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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