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

Story by Emma Dewson and Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.