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Pinney, Robert,

Early South Canterbury runs. - Wellington, Reed [1971] - 330 pages illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-313).

Albury -- Ashwick -- Balmoral -- Ben Ohau -- Birch Hill -- Black Forest -- Braemar -- Cannington -- Elephant Hill -- Glenmore -- Glentanner -- Grampain Hills -- Grays hills -- Hakataramea -- Hakataramea Downs -- Haldon -- Hunters Hills -- Irishman Creek -- Lake Ohau -- Lilybank -- Marys Range -- The Mistake -- Mount Cook -- Mount Nessing -- Opawa -- Rhoborough Downs -- Richmond -- Rocky Point -- Rollesby -- Sawdon -- Sherwood Downs -- Simons Pass -- Station Peak -- Tasman Islands -- Te Akatarawa -- Tekapo -- Three Springs -- Waitangi -- Whalesback -- The Wolds.

Complements Acland's 1930 publication "The early Canterbury runs" and provides a history of forty inland and more mountainous South Canterbury runs. Arranged alphabetically, twenty-four of the forty stories are about stations in the Mackenzie Country. Provides a survey of the pastoral and economic history of the area.

ISBN: 0589006169 9780589006167

Source: $9.95

LCCN: 71885822

Nat. Bib. No.: NZ71-115 NZ71-115.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Land settlement--New Zealand--Canterbury.
Sheep ranches--History.--New Zealand--Canterbury

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Canterbury (N.Z.)--History.
New Zealand--Canterbury.

LC Class. No.: DU430.C3 / P5

Dewey Class. No.: 993.155