Description
Shows a South Island high country sheep station, with homestead and outbuildings, with a river flowing past, and mountains in the background. Sheep are scattered over the hill in the foreground, and there is a haystack beyond the stand of trees around the homestead. A horse and cart stand outside the outbuildings to the far left.
Almost identical to the work at D-022-007, from which the location has been ascertained.
The river is probably the Harper River and the location is probably Lake Coleridge.
On acquisition catalogued as [Millbrook, the Wakatipu Valley, Queenstown?].
Other Titles - [Millbrook, the Wakatipu Valley, Queenstown. Former title]
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Lake House’, Lake Coleridge Station Homestead, Canterbury, New Zealand
Country
New Zealand
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Lake Coleridge Station-- Sheep station located between the north shore of Lake Coleridge and the Harper River, Canterbury. Purchased by Dr Alfred Charles Barker and others in 1855 with various owners since then including members of the Murchison family. (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22378613). Locating source for ‘Lake House’, Lake Coleridge Station Homestead.
