Between 1840 and 1852 almost 20,000 people came from Britain and Ireland to settle in New Zealand. Many came from rural areas, pushed by declining wages and the grind of poverty and hard physical labour. In this slightly romantic watercolour a woman gathers fuel to heat the stove and warm the family cottage.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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C-001-009
Watercolour by Richard Aldworth Oliver
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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i just love th8is
Bob Smith (not verified)
21 June 2012
this is okay i guess
bob (not verified)
20 June 2012
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