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9781869404857

Making Sheep Country Mt Peel Station and the Transformation of the Tussock Lands

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    9781869404857

  • ISBN10:

    1869404858

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-07-01
  • Publisher: Auckland University Press

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Summary

From the 1840s through World War I, the South Island of New Zealand was transformed as large tracts of land were claimed, native vegetation was burned, and large-scale sheep farming was established for wool and, later, meat production. This record focuses on one case study in particular--John Barton Acland and the Mt Peel Station in South Canterbury, New Zealand--to explain how the pastoralists modified their environment. Providing ample insight into the farmers' world, from the sheep they bred to the rabbits, droughts, and floods they fought, this history is a sweeping portrait of the economic and ecological transformation of New Zealand.

Author Biography

Robert Peden is an independent historian, a member of the Professional Historians’ Association of New Zealand, and a former shepherd and manager of high-country sheep stations. He is a contributor to Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

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