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Kōrero: Wairarapa places

Burling’s house

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Burling’s house

Featherston was built on the site of Burlings, named after Henry Burling. He ran the first accommodation house in the area, depicted by George Swainson in 1850.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-188-057

by George Frederic Swainson

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Featherston, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/12033/burlings-house (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.