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Station Amusements in New Zealand

Station Amusements in New Zealand

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Number of Chapters: 18

Length: 05 hours and 58 minutes

Language: English

Station Amusements in New Zealand is a collection of vignettes about life on a sheep station (high country farm) in colonial New Zealand during the 1860s and is a further embellishment of events presented in Mary Anne Barker’s first book "Station Life in New Zealand". Mary Anne Barker and her husband Frederick Broomie lived at their sheep station “Broomielaw” under the foothills of the Southern Alps of Canterbury, New Zealand for three years from 1865 – 1868. Mary Anne Barker wrote in Chapter I: “I purpose therefore in these sketches to describe some of the pursuits which afforded us a keen enjoyment at the time, --an enjoyment arising from perfect health, simple tastes, and an exquisite climate.” (Summary by Gail Timmerman Vaughan)

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Preface (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter I: A bush picnic (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter II: Eel-fishing (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter III: Pig-stalking (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter IV: Skating in the back country (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chaper V: Toboggon-ing (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter VI: Buying a run (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter VII: Buying a run -- continued (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter VIII: Looking for a congregation (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter IX: Another shepherd's hut (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter X: Swaggers (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter XI: Changing servants (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter XII: Culinary troubles (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter XIII: Amateur servants (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter XIV: Our pets (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter XV: A feathered pet (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter XVI: Doctoring without a diploma (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Chapter XVII: Odds and ends (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
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