IMAGE
David James Pirie - Pirie farm (Morton Mains, Southland District)
- Date
- 2005
- By
- Pirie, David James, active 1982-2005
- Reference
- MS-Papers-8640-45
- Description
The papers consist of:
Application form submitted by David James Pirie; one page extract from `100 years at Morton Mains'; certificates of title; photographs of William Pirie taken about 1920 and in 1942; letter from James Pirie of Invercargill.
Original owner of the property was William Pirie who acquired 232 acres in 1900. In 1914 a further 212 acres were purchased from Colin Gerrard. In 2005 the land was farmed by his son James and grandson, David Pirie and was awarded the NZ Century Farm & Station award to mark 100 years of continuous ownership by one family.
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photograph
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Legal instruments, Photographs, Manuscripts, Mss, typescript, photograph
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