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Kōrero: Farm families

Son milking

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Son milking

The Akroyd family had a farm in the Waimata Valley, inland from Gisborne. There were 10 children and all helped with chores around the farm. Here in 1903 one of the sons milks a cow.

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Tairawhiti Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Te Tairawhiti

by William Crawford

Permission of Tairawhiti Museum, PO Box 716, Gisborne, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Emma Dewson rāua ko Jock Phillips, Farm families – The colonial family and the household economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19829/son-milking (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Emma Dewson rāua ko Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.