
Ploughing swamp land
- Description
The original photograph has “breaking in the land at Aorangi” written on the back. The plough in use is a heavy swamp plough, with a chain attached to the shear. The chain assisted in turning the rushes under the sod. The man on the far left is thought to be a member of the Jefferies family of the Aoranagi – Taonui area.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1900
- Digitisation ID
- 2011N_Plg2_006183
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- farm machinery,
- furrows,
- horse team,
- horse-drawn,
- horses,
- plough,
- spade,