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Kōrero: Rural clothing

Station hands, 1904

Farm workers on Corwar Station (about 8,000 hectares, with 15,000 sheep) on the Rakaia River in mid-Canterbury sport a variety of hats and clothes. Most wear boots, moleskins or woollen trousers, and cotton work shirts. Some also wear waistcoats.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Canterbury Museum, Corwar Collection

Reference: 1987.239.4

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bronwyn Labrum, Rural clothing – Menswear, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/18476/station-hands-1904 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Labrum, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.