Kōrero: Horses

The Exley sisters on horseback

The Exley sisters on horseback

The Exley sisters – Margaret, Alice, Elizabeth and Sarah – pose on horseback on their family farm in Taranaki, around 1900. All except Margaret (far left) are mounted side saddle, which was the ‘proper’ way for women to ride horses up until that time. After this date, the trend was for riding astride.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, M. Taylor Collection
Reference: 1/2-152828; F
Photograph by William H. St Clair

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:

Emma Meyer, 'Horses - Women and riding', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19280/the-exley-sisters-on-horseback (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Emma Meyer, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008