Kōrero: Government and agriculture

Cheviot Hills homestead

Cheviot Hills homestead

This painting by Charles Barraud is of Cheviot Hills – one of the most valuable stations in Canterbury. After the death of the owner, William Robinson, the Crown purchased the property in December 1892. By March 1895, the Crown had subdivided the property and disposed of the land to 320 settlers. The purchase and settlement of Cheviot Hills showed the government’s determination to break up the big estates and make land available for small farmers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: NON-ATL-P-0083
Pencil and watercolour sketch by Charles Decimus Barraud

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:

Tony Nightingale, 'Government and agriculture - Land reform and farmer education, 1890s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18054/cheviot-hills-homestead (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Tony Nightingale, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008