Kōrero: Auckland region

Hat feathers

Man wearing hat in a fenced paddock with three ostriches.

Ostrich farming catered for Edwardian women’s fondness for wearing feathers in their hats. This is the Helvetia Ostrich farm at Pukekohe in 1910.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PA1-o-201-09

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Margaret McClure, 'Auckland region - Farming and city building: 1900–1939', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15899/hat-feathers (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, updated 1 Aug 2016