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Kōrero: Perceptions of the landscape

Poster of Milford Sound

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Poster of Milford Sound

By the 1930s Milford Sound was an international tourist drawcard. The Government Tourist Department (established in 1901) used it in this poster by Leonard Mitchell to promote the country abroad.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1936-01

by Leonard Mitchell

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

Jock Phillips, Perceptions of the landscape – Scenic New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/14403/poster-of-milford-sound (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.