More Info →Woodley farm

Description

Alex Woodley (1879-1956) and Helen Amelia Woodley, nee Holdaway (1878-1966), arrived in Aokautere in 1925. They leased 200 acres, milking cows and raising ducks, poultry and pigs. The couple had three sons and in 1948 the farm was purchased by their son Jack was granted half ownership.
This photograph was reproduced in the book Fitzherbert East Aokautere: School and District 1889-1989 (1989). Reproductions of the photos in this publication were provided to the Ian Matheson City Archives. This image is derived from a copy negative. The archives does not hold the original photograph.

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2014N_Z5081_009441

Date

circa 1928

Digitisation id

2014N_Z5081_009441

Format

B&W negative