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Kōrero: Farm buildings

Old woolshed

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Old woolshed

Blade shearers shear sheep in an old woolshed. The portholes (right) are open, ready for the animals to be let out into the counting-out pens after shearing. The narrow shearing board is covered in wool offcuts and short pieces – unlike in modern sheds, where the board is kept clean to avoid contamination of the fleeces.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 64 45 A8,364

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Robert Peden, Farm buildings – Woolsheds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18488/old-woolshed (accessed 4 June 2026).

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