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… (1876–1948). Explorer, soldier, author, sheep farmer. Acland was born in Christchurch on 2 July 1876, son of Thomas … New Zealand Sheepowners Union. Acland's deep interest in farming, together with his having owned so many famous … ACLAND, Leopold George Dyke …
… there. He was educated at a private academy in London and, for a short time, held a desk at Lloyd's before joining … and, in partnership with Fitzherbert, leased a 5,000-acre sheep run on the shores of Palliser Bay. The venture proved … hard work, Pharazyn was immensely successful in his various farming and commercial concerns. During his long years in …
… As devised by its New Zealand Company sponsors, the Nelson settlement was to consist … by a “cottier” class of small farmers. Subsistence farming gave way to a mixed livestock, cereal, and … in the Nelson settlement preferred to invest their money in sheep farming in the distant grasslands of the Wairau, …
… River close to the mouth. Within 6–8 miles south-east and east the country rises steeply to the bush-clad Paparoa Range and the Mount Rochfort Plateau. The railway from Greymouth … port with berthage along the river bank in the borough. The farming activities of the district are dairying, sheep and …
… coast. The surrounding country consists of alluvial flats and terraces, but inland it soon becomes undulating and … or rail. The main primary industry of the district is dairy farming. Factories producing butter or cheese are located at … (12 miles east), and at Lepperton (5 miles south). Sheep farming is of secondary importance. Sawmilling is …
… By the mid-1860s, because of the quest for sheep country, for gold, and for scientific knowledge, the South Island was in the … was again important, though some still sought land for sheep and others mineral resources. The most significant …
… of Lake Rotorua. The town itself is on comparatively flat land which rises gently to the south and west to surrounding … main rural activities of the district are sheep and cattle farming and logging and sawmilling. There is also a little …
… Owing to the wet climate of most parts of New Zealand, forest, scrub, and fern were the major plant coverings … of periodic burning which, together with the grazing of sheep and invasion of rabbits, resulted in the destruction … a result the plains of the South Island were developed for farming more rapidly than the forest-clad North Island. Hard …
… on the north bank of the Hokitika River mouth, on Westland Plain. The town occupies river terraces and is separated … 169 miles south-east by rail via the Otira Tunnel. The main farming activities of the district are sheep and cattle raising on the less productive land and …
… Between 1895 and the First World War several developments made for … Valley area in western Southland were opened for sawmilling and farm settlement, branch railways reaching Tahakopa in … emphasis on apricots, peaches, and cherries, and irrigation farming have subsequently been the mainstay of settlement in …