Access is provided in the Katherine Mansfield Reading Room

Date

2007

By

Harrison, Jacqueline Pearl, active 1992-2007

Reference

MSDL-0409

Description

The papers consist of:

Application form and supporting land deeds submitted by R M & J P Harrison; history of the family, farm ownership and improvements; cadastral and topographical maps; photographs of the farm and family.

Original owner was William Edmund James Bullock who received a Crown Grant in 1883 of 97 acres (now Lot 1 DP 18732 Ngaere Survey District). The land has passed down through the female line of the family to the present owner Jackie Harrison and her husband Rod who purchased the dairy farm in Skeet Road, Matapu in 2003.

In 2007 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family.

Quantity: 34 Electronic document(s).

Additional description

Alternative form available: A paper version of some or all of these files is available at MS-Papers-9137-22

Access restrictions

Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room

Part of

New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Format

34 Electronic document(s), Electronic documents, Electronic records (Digital records), Essays, Legal instruments, Manuscripts, Maps, Photographs