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Kōrero: Transport of animals

Stockyards, Ōmakau, 1953

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Stockyards, Ōmakau, 1953

These men are working sheep in the stockyards at the Ōmakau railway station in 1953. The yard was built for cattle, but could hold sheep as well. The wagons in the background could carry about 100 sheep each.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAVK, W3493, B3778

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ruth Low, Transport of animals – Rail transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18099/stockyards-omakau-1953 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ruth Low, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.