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Page 315
... bush destruction and soil erosion are of late date is much too conservative ; soil depletion began early . In the year 1850 there were about fifteen hundred acres of bush on the plains within twenty miles of Christchurch , well covered ...
... bush destruction and soil erosion are of late date is much too conservative ; soil depletion began early . In the year 1850 there were about fifteen hundred acres of bush on the plains within twenty miles of Christchurch , well covered ...
Page 382
... bush was an asset , and water was handy . In the early days , the bush was beautiful . Phillips would have an eye to a garden and planting . Diaries indicate that cattle were the main stock in the early fifties . Acland states that by ...
... bush was an asset , and water was handy . In the early days , the bush was beautiful . Phillips would have an eye to a garden and planting . Diaries indicate that cattle were the main stock in the early fifties . Acland states that by ...
Page 396
... Bush home in 1859 , she little knew that she was the first of the army of farmers ' wives for whom mention of show days conjures up visions of preliminary cooking , of early rising , of innumerable provision boxes , and of the ...
... Bush home in 1859 , she little knew that she was the first of the army of farmers ' wives for whom mention of show days conjures up visions of preliminary cooking , of early rising , of innumerable provision boxes , and of the ...
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Acland acres Akaroa arrived Auckland Banks Peninsula Bay of Islands became began Bishop Selwyn British brought Busby bush Canterbury Association Captain Caverhill chief Christchurch Church coast colony Cook D'Urville Deans Doctor early emigrants England European expedition exploration farming father flax French Godley Government Governor Hills Hokianga Hospital interest James John Kaiapoi known land later Lavaud letter lived Lyttelton Maori Marsden mission missionaries Moeraki Moorhouse Motunau native North noted Office Otago pakeha pakeha-Maoris party passed Pilgrims pioneering plains Port Cooper pre-Adamites purchase Rangitata recorded Rhodes Riccarton river sailed says sent settled settlement settlers sheep ship soon South Canterbury South Island South Wales station surgeon Sydney Tasman Te Rauparaha Thomas tion to-day took trade Treaty of Waitangi Tuhawaiki voyage W. A. Taylor Waikouaiti Wakefield Watkin Wellington Wesleyan whaling William writer Zealand Company