Kōrero: Ferries

Buller River punt (1 o 2)

Buller River punt

A horse-drawn coach and two travellers on horseback are ferried across the Buller River on a punt in the 1880s. Punts – rafts pulled back and forth across rivers by cables – were commonplace in 19th-century New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tyree Studio Collection (PAColl-3064)
Reference: 10x8-0619-G

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:

Gavin McLean, 'Ferries - Harbour, river and lake ferries', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22438/buller-river-punt (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Gavin McLean, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010