Story: Castaways

Finger post, Auckland Islands

Finger post, Auckland Islands

Finger posts, such as this one on Enderby Island, were erected by the New Zealand government to point castaways towards provision depots.

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Ken Scadden, 'Castaways - Wrecked on a subantarctic island', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/7568/finger-post-auckland-islands (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Ken Scadden, published 12 Jun 2006