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    • A Taranaki dairy farm in Taranaki ca 1900, New Zealand.
    Rights: A Taranaki dairy farm. McAllister, James, 1869-1952: Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district. Ref: 1/1-007882-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22742798 Published 30 July 2013 Size: 120 KB Referencing Hub media

    Bush was cleared for farming in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bush was felled and burned, then oversown with clover and grasses.

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