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Harvesting Scene at Woodbourne Marlborough New Zealand. Property of Fairhall Bros. Landing ground of Southern Cross
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Harvesting Scene at Woodbourne Marlborough New Zealand. Property of Fairhall Bros. Land...

Date: Circa 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Fairhall Brothers

Reference: Pan-0878-F

Description: Panoramic view of large fields of hay and grain stacks on the Woodbourne Estate farm. Part of the farm was used by the Marlborough Aero Club, and in October 1928 Charles Kingsford Smith used these paddocks for his return to Australia in the "Southern Cross", the first flight made from New Zealand to Australia. Taken by Robert Percy Smith circa 1928-1929. (See New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register, www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister) Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Harvesting scene at Woodbourne Marlborough Property of Fairhall Bros; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Harvesting scene at Woodbourne, No. 472, Marlborough New Zealand. Property of the Fairhall Bros. Landing ground of the Southern Cross Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.6 x 117.7 cm

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