This photograph shows the remnant of native forest still growing on the flood plain of the Manawatu River in the late 1880s. 'Willowbank' was owned and farmed by J O Batchelar and his family. The buildings and land were purchased by the Government...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Fitzherbert, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1885 to circa 1890