Canoeing on Awapuni Lagoon
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The people in the dugout canoe are probably Mr and Mrs W L Luxford and their daughter, while the people on the bank are Septuagesima Shailer (wife of G W Shailer, photographer) and probably two of the Shailer children, of Palmerston North. Awapuni Lagoon was one of 5 original lagoons in Palmerston North when pakeha first settled. It was drained for settlement of the land.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Awa 2
- Date
- circa 1890
- Digitisation id
- 2007N_Awa2_A-E_0297
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- George W Shailer
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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