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Description

Ole Mortensen was one of the original party of Danes who emigrated to New Zealand in 1872-5. He won a 49 acre property in a ballot for land. His name appears in the New Zealand Post Office directory until almost the turn of the century. A Mrs Karen M. Mortensen is probably his widow.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
CA: Petersen Papers; Public Photograph Collection Mv 12
Date
circa 1900
Digitisation ID
2011P_PETERSENMv16_005976
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
cottage,
photographs,
picket,
rural towns and life,
young adults,
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