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Hobsonville : Portrait of a Seaplane Station by Bee Dawson
$47.50 NZD
Category: Transport | Reading Level: Near Fine
This lively social history describes the early history of the Hobsonville area and the different phases of development of the Air Force base there - the initial establishment of the station and its expansion through the 1930s, the war years, and the Sunderland flying boat era through the 1950s and '60s. ...Show more
Lady Painters: The Flower Painters of Early New Zealand by Bee Dawson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Reading Level: very good
This extraordinary book is a blend of accounts of the lives of resident women painters of the 19th century and wonderful examples of their exquisite art. The design is modern and accessible. Art interwoven with botany and social history, a readable insight into the lives of some very extraordinary women ...Show more
Puketiti Station - The Story of an East Cape Sheep Station and the 180-year-old Williams family legacy by Bee Dawson
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ North Island | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. The story of Puketiti Station, the 180-year-old Williams family legacy and how an airline pilot and his wife from Auckland inherited a new life farming on the East Cape. Puketiti Station, the Category 1 historic homestead, cobbled stables, and covenanted gardens at its heart lie hidden abov ...Show more
Snow on the Lindis by Bee Dawson; Madge Snow
$35.00 NZD
Category: Otago
Second hand. A station matriarch recounts a life lived on the famous Morven Hills Station. Snow on the Lindis is Madge Snow's story of living at Morven Hills Station on the Lindis Pass. Morven Hills is one of New Zealand's most well-known high-country stations - once an enormous 400,000 acres. The grea ...Show more
The Plimmer Legacy by Bee Dawson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Farming, Animals & Agriculture | Reading Level: near fine
The Plimmers of Wellington were an influential family in the early days of the settlement - John Plimmer (of Plimmer Steps) was known as 'the father of Wellington'. From a busy store located in a ship (Plimmer's Ark) through the hard days of farming in the Depression, to today's busy world, the Plimmer ...Show more
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