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This hand-drawn map of the Makerua Swamp (now Opiki District) shows the approximate location of the flax mills that once operated on the banks of the Manawatu River.

Identification

Object type
Map
Relation
CA: I.R.M Papers, Series 3/1 Folder 2, Box 28
Date
1978
Digitisation ID
2014M_IRMPapersS3-1F2_009851
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Opiki, Manawatu

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industry,
maps and aerial photographs,
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