Kōrero: Rural clothing

Wash day

Wash day

A woman and two men stand outside a dwelling thatched with nīkau palm fronds in the Waikato in 1863, with washing drying on lines. Women’s long dresses were rather impractical in a damp bush environment, and their hems were often muddy.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-004135; F
Photograph by William Temple

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:

Bronwyn Labrum, 'Rural clothing - Womenswear', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18471/wash-day (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Labrum, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008