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Story: Rural workers

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Large sheep runs

  3. Itinerant workers

  4. Grain and crops

  5. On the road

  6. Changes in the rural sector

  7. The family farmer

  8. Contemporary rural workers

  9. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Large sheep runs

Longbeach homestead

Longbeach homestead

Head gardener

Head gardener

Hierarchy of staff

Hierarchy of staff

Scottish shepherd

Scottish shepherd

Shearers’ cook

Shearers’ cook

From page 2 - Itinerant workers

Waiting for harvest

Waiting for harvest

Hand shearers

Hand shearers

Māori shearers

Māori shearers

Back from the hills

Back from the hills

Rabbits

Rabbits

From page 3 - Grain and crops

Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing

Bullocks ploughing

Bullocks ploughing (1st of 3)

Eight teams

Eight teams (2nd of 3)

Tractor catalogue

Tractor catalogue (3rd of 3)

Thresher

Thresher

Shearers’ notice, 1873

Shearers’ notice, 1873

From page 4 - On the road

Horse-drawn wagon

Horse-drawn wagon

Roadmen

Roadmen

In the mud

In the mud

The swagman

The swagman

Tinker

Tinker (1st of 3)

Hawker

Hawker (2nd of 3)

Sam Weller

Sam Weller (3rd of 3)

From page 5 - Changes in the rural sector

Header harvester, 1930

Header harvester, 1930

Land girl

Land girl

Agricultural lecture

Agricultural lecture

Training artificial inseminators

Training artificial inseminators

From page 6 - The family farmer

Breaking up the estates

Breaking up the estates

Hodge’s farm cow shed, Inglewood

Hodge’s farm cow shed, Inglewood

Fencing wire

Fencing wire

Scrub cutters

Scrub cutters

Sharemilkers of the year

Sharemilkers of the year

Milk boys

Milk boys

From page 7 - Contemporary rural workers

Decline of the rural workforce

Decline of the rural workforce

Farm manager

Farm manager

Cherry graders

Cherry graders

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/rural-workers/media (accessed 2 October 2023)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Nov 2008

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