The photographs in this collection are thought to have been taken in the Forty Mile Bush area of Wairarapa, at Kaiparoro near Mount Bruce. The area was largely settled by Scandinavians who came to Wairarpa in the 1870s to clear the bush. The unide...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Wairarapa
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

Those who first settled in Eketahuna were mostly Swedish, who arrived in 1873 to clear what was known as the Forty Mile Bush. The settlers called their new home Mellemskov which means, 'Heart of the Forest' and maps of the 1870s give this name for...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Eketahuna, Wairarapa
Date:          circa 1880