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Butcher’s shop

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Butcher’s shop

This butcher’s shop window is probably in Gore. The prominently displayed mutton was an important product from the large sheep farms of the Southland plains.

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Gore Historical Museum

Reference: A14 57b

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David Grant, Southland region – Growth on the plains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20106/butchers-shop (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.