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Kōrero: Fire and agriculture

Castle Hill Station, 1882

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Castle Hill Station, 1882

Castle Hill Station was first taken up in June 1858.This photograph of the run and the Craigieburn Range from 1882 shows the impact of burning on tussock country. Burning removed shrubby plants and reduced the cover from tall-tussock to short-tussock species. The Craigieburn Range is heavily eroded.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: C.015327

by Burton Brothers

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Fire and agriculture – Burning and erosion, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15219/castle-hill-station-1882 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.